BackgroundPast research shows that spousal death results in elevated mortality risk for the surviving spouse. However, most prior studies have inadequately controlled for socioeconomic status (SES), and it is unclear whether this 'widowhood effect' persists over time.MethodsHealth and Retirement Study participants aged 50+ years and married in 1998 (n = 12 316) were followed through 2008 for widowhood status and mortality (2912 deaths). Discrete-time survival analysis was used to compare mortality for the widowed versus the married.ResultsOdds of mortality during the first 3 months post-widowhood were significantly higher than in the continuously married (odds ratio (OR) for men = 1.87, 95% CI: 1.27, 2.75; OR for women = 1.47, 95% CI: 0.96,...
The main objective of this analysis is to demonstrate that some of the limitations that have charact...
Objectives. Despite the large body of literature on bereavement, little is known about the impact of...
Objectives. To document short- and long-term trajectories of depressive symptoms following widowhood...
Background Past research shows that spousal death results in elevated mortality risk for the survivi...
Background: We consider whether widowhood increases mortality risk. Although commonly observed, this...
Journal ArticleThis study examines how spouses' deaths from sudden or lengthy illnesses differential...
While the "widowhood effect" is well known, there is substantial heterogeneity in the magnitude of e...
ObjectiveIncreased mortality risk following spousal bereavement (often called the "widowhood effect"...
Spousal loss is a common experience associated with old age, and a major life-event that entails a p...
The study of spousal bereavement and mortality has long been a major topic of interest for social sc...
More than a century of empirical evidence links marital status to mortality. However, the hazards of...
Objectives. Despite the large body of literature on bereavement, little is known about the impact of...
Objectives. Despite the large body of literature on bereavement, little is known about the impact of...
This study examined the relationship between bereavement and mortality among the elderly using longi...
We analyzed the economic consequences of a husband’s death using events that occurred between the f...
The main objective of this analysis is to demonstrate that some of the limitations that have charact...
Objectives. Despite the large body of literature on bereavement, little is known about the impact of...
Objectives. To document short- and long-term trajectories of depressive symptoms following widowhood...
Background Past research shows that spousal death results in elevated mortality risk for the survivi...
Background: We consider whether widowhood increases mortality risk. Although commonly observed, this...
Journal ArticleThis study examines how spouses' deaths from sudden or lengthy illnesses differential...
While the "widowhood effect" is well known, there is substantial heterogeneity in the magnitude of e...
ObjectiveIncreased mortality risk following spousal bereavement (often called the "widowhood effect"...
Spousal loss is a common experience associated with old age, and a major life-event that entails a p...
The study of spousal bereavement and mortality has long been a major topic of interest for social sc...
More than a century of empirical evidence links marital status to mortality. However, the hazards of...
Objectives. Despite the large body of literature on bereavement, little is known about the impact of...
Objectives. Despite the large body of literature on bereavement, little is known about the impact of...
This study examined the relationship between bereavement and mortality among the elderly using longi...
We analyzed the economic consequences of a husband’s death using events that occurred between the f...
The main objective of this analysis is to demonstrate that some of the limitations that have charact...
Objectives. Despite the large body of literature on bereavement, little is known about the impact of...
Objectives. To document short- and long-term trajectories of depressive symptoms following widowhood...