Does wealth affect marriage?

In the pooled model, individual earnings, full-time employment, cohabitation, and wealth are all positively and statistically significantly associated with increased risk of marriage entry, while young biological children in the household and being African American (compared to white) are both negatively and

Are married people richer than single people?

According to a 2005 longitudinal study published in Journal of Sociology, married people experience 77 percent higher per-person net worth increases than single people. Oddly enough, people in the study who eventually divorced saw their start wealth falling four years before they separated.