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| Perceptions of remarriage by widowed people in Singapore | | Author(s) | Kalyani K Mehta |
| Journal title | Ageing International, vol 27, no 4, Fall 2002 |
| Pages | pp 93-107 |
| Keywords | Widows ; Widowers ; Asian people ; Spiritual characteristics [elderly] ; Attitude ; Marriage ; Singapore. |
| Annotation | A study of attitudes to remarriage in later life among different ethnic groups in Singapore provides a counterpoint to studies in the West, and illustrates the importance of cultural attitudes and religious beliefs. A survey of older Chinese, Malay and Indian widows and widowers shows them overwhelmingly negative or indifferent to ideas of remarriage, although there are some variations by ethnic group and gender. There is a strong tradition in Asia of incorporating the widowed parent into a multigenerational family household, and views of adult children towards remarriage - presumed to be hostile to the remarriage of a parent - are given considerable salience. It is not generally thought appropriate for older people to express sexual needs, and a marriage partnership may not be seen as ended by the death of a partner. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-030430216 A |
| Classmark | SP: SPA: TKK: EX: DP: SL: 7XD |
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