How many married Americans say they are happily married?
74%
74% of married Americans describe themselves as happily married.
n = 3,000 US adults · Fielded March 2023 · Cherry Data Signals
Self-reported, asked of married respondents.
What it means
Roughly three in four. The quarter who do not describe themselves that way is the more interesting number for anyone writing about modern marriage.
Methodology
- Sample
- 3,000
- Population
- US adults
- Country
- United States
- Fielded
- March 2023
- Research by
- Cherry Data Signals
- Study
- How happily married Americans say they are
Cite this statistic
Cherry Data Signals (March 2023). "How many married Americans say they are happily married?" Survey of 3,000 US adults, United States. https://cherrysignals.com/statistics/how-many-married-americans-say-they-are-happily-married
Free to reproduce with attribution to Cherry Data Signals and a link to this page.
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