The December 2021 SWS survey found 56% of men saying they are very happy with their love life, statistically equal to the 51% among women.
Compared to December 2019, the percentage of men with a very happy love life fell by 4 points from 60% to 56%, while those who wish their love life could be happier stayed at 26%.
However, those who say they have no love life rose by 3 points from 14% to 17%.
Among women, those with a very happy love life rose by 2 points from 49% to 51%, while those who wish their love life could be happier fell by 8 points from 38% to 30%.
However, those who say they have no love life rose by 6 points from 13% to 19%
Happiness with love life is higher among those who are married, especially among men
In general, married men and married women have a happier love life than their single and with live-in partner counterparts.
The percentage of those with a very happy love life is highest among married men (68%), followed by men with a live-in partner (65%) and single men (26%).
Among women, those with a very happy love life are also highest among those who are married (62%), followed by those with a live-in partner (60%), and those who are single (27%).
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Compared to December 2019, the percentage of those with a very happy love life fell by 4 points from 74% among married men, while it hardly changed from 64% among men with a live-in partner. It stayed at 26% among single men.
Among women, it rose by 4 points from 58% among those who are married and by 9 points from 51% among those with a live-in partner. It hardly changed from 26% among those who are single.
On the other hand, the percentage of those wishing their love life could be happier stayed at 28% among married men, while it hardly changed from 17% among single men. It fell by 3 points from 36% among men with a live-in partner.
Among women, it fell by 5 points from 40% among those who are married, by 10 points from 48% among those with a live-in partner, and by 8 points among those who are single.
However, the percentage of those saying they have no love life rose by 2 points among married men and by 2 points among men with a live-in partner. It hardly changed from 57% among single men.
It also rose by 2 points from 1% to 3% among married women, and by 6 points from 50% to 56% among single women. It stayed at 2% among women with a live-in partner.
Happiness with love life is higher among older men
The percentage of those with a very happy love life is higher among men 35 years old and above, ranging from 59% to 60%, than among men 18 to 34 years old, ranging from 40% to 52%.
Among women, those with a very happy love life is higher among those 25 to 54 years old, ranging from 51% to 65%, than among the 18-24-year-olds (47%) and those 55 years old and above (41%).
Happiness with love life has no clear pattern by educational level.
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