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Gender inequality from beyond the grave
— intra-household distribution and wellbeing after spousal loss | | Author(s) | Bjorn Hallerod |
| Journal title | Ageing and Society, vol 33, no 5, July 2013 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, July 2013 |
| Pages | pp 783-803 |
| Source | journals.cambridge.org/aso |
| Keywords | Widows ; Widowers ; Bereavement ; Well being ; Income [older people] ; Comparison ; Sweden. |
| Annotation | The present article integrates research on spousal loss among older people and research on intra-household income distribution, and relates pre-loss intra-household distribution of incomes to post-loss well-being. Data are drawn from the Swedish Panel Survey on Ageing and the Elderly (PSAE), comprising couples that were married in the mid-1990s (n= 1503) and that were either still married (n=1262) or who had experienced spousal loss (n=241) in 2002-03. The results showed that large intra-household pre-loss income differences increased the occurrence of psychosocial problems among both widows and widowers. Hence, unequal intra-household distribution of resources makes the coping process harder for both men and women. It was also shown that unequal pre-loss distribution of incomes affected a measure of global well-being among widowers. Widows suffered to a greater extent from economic difficulties, but these difficulties were not related to pre-loss distribution of incomes. Thus, the overall results showed that a gendered labour market that generates an unequal intra-household distribution of income has repercussions not only for gender equality among intact households, but also for the coping process of both widows and widowers. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-130628202 A |
| Classmark | SP: SPA: DW: D:F:5HH: JF: 48: 76P |
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