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Older men — their social worlds and healthy lifestyles
Author(s)	Sara Arber, Kate Davidson
Corporate Author	Centre for Research on Ageing and Gender - CRAG, University of Surrey
Publisher	University of Surrey, Guildford, 2003
Pages	10 pp
Source	Centre for Research on Ageing and Gender, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XH.
Keywords	Older men ; Living alone ; Personal relationships ; Health [elderly] ; Social characteristics [elderly] ; Research Reviews.
Annotation	Over recent years, there have been substantial advances in social scientific understanding of the lives of older women, but older men have been largely neglected. This research has redressed the imbalance, by analysing how gender roles and relationships influence the quality of life of older men, focusing particularly on those living alone. Previously little was known about the quality of life, kin and friendship relationships of older divorced and never married men. The authors used qualitative interviews to examine how loss of a marital partner through widowhood or divorce may differently affect their social relationships and health-related behaviour. This research is also published as part of the ESRC Growing Older Programme, (GO Findings series, number 12). (KJ/RH).
Accession Number	CPA-030625202 B
Classmark	BC: K8: DS: CC: F: 3A:6KC
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