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Study found that people who were not married were less at risk (at least 50% lower risk) than married people for dementia. One contributing factor may be that single people are better at maintaini... (www.psychologytoday.com)
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Original Title: Study found that people who were not married were less at risk (at least 50% lower risk) than married people for dementia. One contributing factor may be that single people are better at maintaining social ties. Single people may also have a greater variety of interesting and unique experiences.

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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago

The people who had always been single (never married) had the lowest risk of all, though the difference between them and the other unmarried groups was not statistically significant.

Selection bias...

A frightening amount of people get married because they're worried about having someone to take care of them at an elderly age. Even if their goal is recipical, for a lot of people that's a big driver for marriage.

People who are more self sufficient and with a strong family health history doesn't have that drive.

Couple that with not being able to "offload" tasks to a spouse and you end up with single people staying active mentally which is one of the biggest negative correlations to Alzheimer's.