ArticleThe journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences2014
Widowhood, age heterogamy, and health: the role of selection, marital quality, and health behaviors.
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- Psychological and Physical Health in Widowhood: Does Marital Quality Make a Difference?Research on aging · 2022Article
- The relationship between living arrangements and higher use of hospital care at middle and older ages: to what extent do observed and unobserved individual characteristics explain this association?BMC public health · 2019Article
- Factors that influence the health of older widows and widowers-A systematic review of quantitative research.Nursing open · 2019Review
- Performance comparison of linear and non-linear feature selection methods for the analysis of large survey datasets.PloS one · 2019Article
- Besides Depression, Number of Physiological Diseases is More Important than Physical Function on Mental Health of Elderly Adults in Taiwan.Community mental health journal · 2018Article
- Trading Youth for Citizenship? The Spousal Age Gap in Cross-Border Marriages.Population and development review · 2017Article
- Couples' Shared Beliefs About Aging and Implications for Future Functional Limitations.The Gerontologist · 2017Article
- Spouses and depressive symptoms in older adulthood.Scientific reports · 2015Article
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Abstract
objectiveAlthough the impact of widowhood on the surviving spouse's health has been widely documented, there is little empirical research examining whether certain spousal choice decisions and marital sorting patterns predispose individuals to be more vulnerable to the adverse consequences of widowhood for health. DESIGN AND
methodWe use data from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study and employ ordinary least squares models to (a) document variations in mental and physical health between married and widowed persons, (b) determine whether widowed persons in age heterogamous unions are especially vulnerable to the adverse consequences of widowhood, and (c) investigate to what extent differential selection, marital quality, and health practices account for health disparities by marital status and the spousal age gap.
resultsWidowed persons, especially those in age heterogamous unions, have worse mental health than married persons, but they do not seem to be more disadvantaged in terms of physical health. Differential selection, marital quality, and health behaviors partly account for some of the health disparities by marital status and spousal age gap. DISCUSSION: Our findings suggest that marrying a spouse who is very dissimilar in age may enhance one's vulnerability to the adverse consequences of widowhood for health.
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