ArticleThe journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences2017
Marital Dissolutions and the Health of Older Individuals in a Rural African Context.
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- Marital experiences and depressive symptoms among older adults in rural South Africa.SSM. Mental health · 2022Article
- Who is at Risk? Social Support, Relationship Dissolution, and Illness in a Rural Context.Sociological inquiry · 2022Article
- PROTOCOL: The association between marital transitions and physical and mental health in late life: A systematic review.Campbell systematic reviews · 2022Article
- Support in times of need: How depressive symptoms can impact receipt of social support among aging adults in rural South Africa.SSM - population health · 2020Article
- The Psychological Benefits of Marriage and Children in Rural Malawi.Studies in family planning · 2020Article
- Health Selection, Migration, and HIV Infection in Malawi.Demography · 2018Article
- Marital dissolutions and changes in mental health: Evidence from rural Malawi.Demographic researchArticle
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objectivesResearch from high-income countries has often found a negative relationship between marital dissolutions and health. This paper assesses that relationship among older sub-Saharan Africans, on a now-aging continent. Such individuals are likely to be at risk of a dissolution, or have already experienced one, due to high rates of marriage.
methodsData from over 1,200 rural Malawians, age 45+, are employed from the 2008 and 2010 waves of the Malawi Longitudinal Study of Families and Health. Cross-sectional and lagged dependent variable regressions examine the relationship between marital dissolutions and 4 measures of self-reported health: retrospective health, relative health (compared with others in one's village), and age-standardized SF-12 mental and physical health scales.
resultsWorse relative, mental, and physical health are associated with being currently divorced/widowed compared with being married. However, worse retrospective health is linked to becoming divorced/widowed between 2008 and 2010. Those divorced/widowed prior to 2008, and who remained so through 2010, are in worse relative and physical health. DISCUSSION: The findings question the relative hardship of marital dissolutions for those who have managed to survive into old age, and call for the collection of more detailed longitudinal data on older Africans on this topic.
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