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Cohabitation among older adults
— a national portrait | | Author(s) | Susan L Brown, Gary R Lee, Jennifer Roebuck Bulanda |
| Journal title | Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 61B, no 2, March 2006 |
| Pages | pp S71-S79 |
| Source | http://www.geron.org |
| Keywords | Middle aged ; Age groups [elderly] ; Family relationships ; Marital status ; Living patterns ; Demography ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Older people are increasingly likely to experience cohabitation or living together unmarried in an intimate heterosexual union. The authors used data from the US Census 2000 and the 1998 Health and Retirement Study (HRS) to estimate the size and composition of the cohabiting American population aged 51+, and to provide a descriptive portrait that also compares older remarrieds and unpartnereds. More than 1 million older people, comprising 4% of the unmarried US population, currently cohabit. About 90% of these individuals were previously married. Significant differences are identified between cohabitees, remarrieds, and the unpartnered across several dimensions, including sociodemographic characteristics, economic resources, physical health and social relationships. Cohabitees appear to be more disadvantaged than remarrieds, and this is especially evident for women. Older cohabitees differ from individuals of other marital statuses, and therefore future work on marital status should explicitly incorporate cohabitation. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070504202 A |
| Classmark | SE: BB: DS:SJ: SLM: K7: S8: 7T |
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