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Those who had found a partner one year before had already achieved significantly higher life satisfaction, while cohabitation showed no additional effect. Marriage showed a short\u2010lived additional effect in the early 1990s, but not more recently. Lower\u2010income individuals experienced a stronger post\u2010peak decline.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Findings suggest that well\u2010being increases are more closely aligned with relationship formation than with cohabitation or marriage. 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