H4:
Widowed persons who were previously in age heterogamous unions are especially vulnerable to the adverse consequences of widowhood partly because their shared environment (i.e., poorer marital quality and deleterious health behaviors) is conducive to adverse health outcomes.
For instance, the mean mental health summary scores of
widowed persons who were previously in age heterogamous unions are 51 points compared with 54 points for their counterparts who were previously in age homogamous unions.
Second,
widowed persons who were previously in age heterogamous unions are particularly vulnerable to the adverse consequences of widowhood.
We then determine whether
widowed persons who were previously in age heterogamous unions are particularly more vulnerable to the adverse consequences of widowhood.
In fact,
widowed persons who were previously in age heterogamous unions are more advantaged in terms of childhood health and respondent's education than
widowed persons who were previously in age homogamous unions.
The aim of this study is to (a) document variations in the mental and physical health outcomes of married and widowed respondents, (b) ascertain whether
widowed persons who were previously in age heterogamous unions are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of widowhood, and (c) assess the extent to which differential selection, marital quality, and health practices during marriage account for health disparities by marital status and spousal age gap.
We also find that
widowed persons who were previously in age heterogamous unions are more likely to have engaged in deleterious health practices during marriage than all other groups, but there is little evidence suggesting that they are more disadvantaged or have poorer marital quality than their peers who were previously in age homogamous unions.
The mean mental health summary score of widowed persons in age heterogamous unions is 2.4 points lower than that of
widowed persons who were previously married to spouses who are similar in age.
Combined, these results suggest that
widowed persons who were in age heterogamous unions appear to be «dually» disadvantaged in terms of health practices, given their status as widows and as spouses in age heterogamous unions.
bIt denotes that disparities between
widowed persons who were previously in unions with varying degrees of spousal age gap are statistically different at the p <.05 level.
H2:
Widowed persons who were previously in age heterogamous unions (primarily the younger spouse) will be particularly vulnerable to the adverse consequences of widowhood for health.
Not exact matches
A study of 3.5 million American adults discovered that married
people have a 5 percent lower chance of cardiovascular disease than those
who are single, divorced or
widowed.
People who divorce or are
widowed should put aside big financial decisions until they've seen a financial advisor and taken time to grieve.»
A single
person without children files as a single; a single
person with dependents
who maintains her own home files as a head of household; a married couple, with or without children, files either as married filing joint or married filing separate; and a recent
widow (er) may file as a qualifying
widow (er), which is the same, in effect, as married filing joint.
Those
who could face the greatest retirement year challenges, according to the report, include the disabled,
widowed, divorced, long - term unemployed and
people employed in industries or jobs that typically do not provide retirement benefits.
Chris Christie's attack on Rand Paul - where Christie complained about piddling «esoteric» libertarian concerns voiced by
people who were too cowardly to face «the
widows and the orphans» of 9/11 - reminded me of something, but I couldn't put my finger on it.
Maybe then we can do what Gungor pushed for in his original post, to be a
people who don't just «believe» in God, but through our faith do what He has commanded us to do: take care of the poor, the
widow, the hungry and the needy.
Because they (attempt to) care for
widows, orphans, the homeless, the addicted and spend millions of dollars and travel thousands of miles to find
people who do not any type of access to the gospel and translate the Bible into their native language, or build schools and hospitals as well as churches their witness and their faith is nullified because they (wrongfully) dismiss porn stars and the
people trying to reach them?
This includes
people who have never married, those whose spouse is physically unable to have sex, and divorcees,
widows and widowers
who have not remarried.
Another convert priest
who had been married but was
widowed before he was finally ordained, Fr Ronald Walls, admits in his autobiography that even as a Presbyterian minister he had felt torn between «giving himself totally to his wife and family and «giving himself to the
people to whom God had sent him.
But to the young
widow with children to raise alone, to the man dying an agonizing and untimely death from cancer, to the
person full of life and hope
who is incapacitated by multiple sclerosis, or to the child
who has to start his or her life with an uncorrectable birth defect, the average isn't what matters.
By working with their hands, the elders can not only provide for their own needs without depending on the financial support of others, but also help provide for the physical needs of those
who are unable to work,
people like orphans,
widows, and the sick, or even those
who minister with them, but
who are not able to work.
The charity's UK office has provided more than # 92,000 to help
widows, victims of the war, young
people who have lost their jobs, and families in particular need.
@@@@@@@@@ jeeeez its OK because
people who say they are religious holy
people's don't really Give back too help the sick the homeless the
widows the old the hungry those
who say holy war don't give really back just look at the middle east Egypt the north east African country.Pakistan Afghanistan Yemen Yisreal.
A probe of the nature of grief and the disrespect some
people show toward grievers by one
who was
widowed at age 35.
We urgently need to design pastoral strategies (and even select the times for our meetings and worship services) according to the needs of that great mass of excluded
people who form part of non-traditional families: single mothers, families divided by divorce, grandmothers
who raise their grandchildren,
widows, orphans, street children, etc..
What about the
person who gives the
widow's mite?
Her only excuse for being a «liberal» in this matter was that the pain and suffering she had endured as an aging
widow who had reared a large family alone had purged her heart of the pride that prevents
people from loving and understanding others.
The will of the American
people that actually exists is stated by the Plymouth Covenant and the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution and «I have a dream» and the contrarian judgment of Clinton maintained by a straight - backed
widow in Peoria
who is included in no surveyor's sample or focus group.
He pronounces woe upon those
who join house to house,
who add field to field, until there is no more room (5:8); and upon those
who make iniquitous decrees,
who write oppressive statutes, to turn aside the needy from justice and to rob the poor of Yahweh's
people of their right,
who make
widows their spoil and orphans their prey (10:1 - 2).
On three separate occasions Jesus is described in the Gospels as bringing back to life
persons who had died: the son of the
widow of Nain, the daughter of Jairus, and Lazarus.
«But, realize that behind this debate are real
people — kids like the girl in Kentucky
who fear for their safety, women like Sally Ride's
widow who are denied their spouse's Social Security benefits.»
But Coulter, describing
widows of the September 11 attacks
who were critical of the Bush administration, said publically «I have never seen
people enjoying their husband's deaths so much.»
But even if you take away what Paul has to say and leave me with only what Jesus has to say I would still have to come to the conclusion that as a
person of faith I would need to support government programs that help the needy, sick and poor... the orphans and the
widows... those
who are oppressed and marginalized by the majority and the rich.
He warned the
people about scribes
who secretly oppress
widows while making a public display of their piety.
He only recognized
people who remained anonymous, like the
widow giving her offering.
Kind of wish I could find a congregation of
people who really do know God as a living being, their source of daily light and advice,
who love each other and take care of the poor and
widows — all the stuff the churches to do well but without the stuff the churches shouldn't middle in but do.
Most of them are
widows, widowers, or single
persons who have accepted their singleness.
The
people who started #AllWidowsMatter meant well — they wanted to affirm the value of all
widows.
spoke in to the situation and made sure the Hellenistic
widows were OK with the solution, making sure it «pleased all the
people,» including those
who felt shut out
But whereas Ark Encounter aims to fulfill this mission by drawing
people in through its turnstiles, I tend to think we experience and share God's presence best when we weep with those
who weep, care for the orphans and the
widows, and love our neighbors as ourselves.
«The poor, orphans,
widows / widowers, maimed
people, cripples, and all
who are diseased, go to those houses, and are provided with every kind of help, and doctors examine their diseases.
«The Bible is filled with verses about caring for the orphan, the
widow, the poor, the weak — Jesus Himself said that His
people are those
who «look after the sick.»
-- I Corinthians 7:8 - 9 «Here is my advice for
people who have never been married and for
widows.
The presbyters must be tenderhearted, merciful toward all, turning back [the sheep]
who have gone astray, visiting the sick, not neglecting
widow or orphan or poor man, abstaining from all anger, respect of
persons, unrighteous judgment, being far from all love of money, not hastily believing [anything] against any one, not stern in judgment, knowing that we are all debtors because of sin.7
Our chips come from Colombia where they provide income for some of the smaller growers and employment for local
people - including a number of
widowed women
who have to support their families.
People who are divorced,
widowed or never - married
who want romantic relationships later in life are «motivated by the desire to remain independent, maintain their own homes, sustain existing family boundaries, protect the relationship and remain financially independent,» a recent study indicates.
Those payments came from
people like Veronica Pascuzzi, 68, a
widow who has lived for 38 years in a house next to the Oswego Steam Station.
He said that the program, where he donated 13 transformers, 300 motorcycles, 34 vehicles, 40 deep freezers, generating sets, sewing machines, scholarships to 200 students in tertiary institutions, N25, 000 each to 50
widows and donation of WAEC forms to 300 students across the district, was organized to give back to his
people who elected him.
She said: «Over 70 % of the
people in IDP camps are women and children
who have been rendered orphans and
widows.