Our analytical sample consists of WLS graduates who (a) married their spouses prior to 1992; (b) are married in 1992/93; and (c) either remained continuously married or transitioned
into widowhood between 1992/93 and 2003/05 (4,505 cases or 43.7 %).
We use this sample and assess the health status of all respondents when they are between the ages of 64 and 65 and document health disparities between those who remained married and those who transitioned
into widowhood «early» between the ages of 53 and 66.
Therefore, the generalizability of our results is limited as marriage market conditions, likelihood of transitioning
into widowhood, and the health consequences of widowhood are known to differ by race, ethnicity, nativity status, and levels of education (Elwert & Christakis, 2006; Kearl & Murgia, 1985; Lichter, LeClere, & McLaughlin, 1991).
Not exact matches
Rather, when confronted by the pastoral reality of people who wanted to remarry after
widowhood, or after divorce, the Church, recognized civil marriages and focused entirely on the reintegration of the remarried
into the Church through prayer and fasting.
His prim but apparently passionate mother follows suit, unwilling to go gently
into the good night of
widowhood.
Second, we also find that individuals who are socioeconomically disadvantaged are more likely to transition
into «early»
widowhood than their more advantaged peers.