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Finances of Unmarried Elderly People over Time.
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Keith, Pat M. – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 1988
Assessed effects of widowhood, divorce, and lifelong singleness on income and evaluations of finances at two points, and investigated factors associated with satisfaction with level of living in old age. Analysis of data from two interviews with 2,047 older adults revealed that marital status affected economic circumstances and perceptions of…
Descriptors: Divorce, Economic Status, Income, Life Satisfaction
Work, Retirement, and Well-Being among Unmarried Men and Women.
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Keith, Pat M. – Gerontologist, 1985
Used longitudinal data to investigate factors associated with evaluations of work, retirement, and well-being of 1,398 never-married, widowed, and divorced/separated men and women. Factors associated with evaluations tended to be similar across marital status. Formerly married women especially seemed to warrant attention of practitioners who plan…
Descriptors: Divorce, Longitudinal Studies, Marital Status, Middle Aged Adults