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Samuelsson, Gillis; Dehlin, Ove – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 1993
Examined relationship between family network variables and chances of survival among 487 persons born in 1902 and 1903. Strongest predictor for death before age 80 was being single for men and being single and/or married (as opposed to divorced or widowed) for women. For both sexes, marital status was strongest predictor for survival but in…
Descriptors: Childlessness, Death, Family Life, Foreign Countries