Tuesday, 1 December 2009

What monetary value would you put on your marriage

By Mike Jones

A top economist has calculated a formula to determine what happiness in a marriage is worth when converted into money.

Paul Frijters reckons it equates to £18,000 to a man, while for woman it is just £9000.

The figures are a lump sum people would need to receive out of the blue to make them as happy as their marriage would over a lifetime.

Divorce makes a man feel like he had lost £61,500.

But a divorced woman feels as though she had only lost £5000.

How much value do you put on your marital happiness? Tell us using the comment section below

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