Mortality Differentials by Marital Status
An International Comparison
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10967950 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yuanreng Hu (Office of Population Research, Princeton University, 21 Prospect Avenue, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, corresponding author), N Goldman (0000-0003-2865-9491, Office of Population Research, Princeton University, 21 Prospect Avenue, Princeton, New Jersey 08544) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 233-250 |
| Publication date | 1990-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Demography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0070-3370 • E-ISSN: 1533-7790 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2061451 |
| PMID | 2332088 |
| OpenAlex | W1987633700 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 242 |
| References cited | 15 |
Although the greater longevity of married people as compared with unmarried persons has been demonstrated repeatedly, there have been very few studies of a comparative nature. We use log-linear rate models to analyze marital-status-specific death rates for a large number of developed countries. The results indicate that divorced persons, especially divorced men, have the highest death rates among the unmarried groups of the respective genders; the excess mortality of unmarried persons relative to the married has been generally increasing over the past two to three decades; and divorced and widowed persons in their twenties and thirties have particularly high risks of dying, relative to married persons of the same age. In addition, the analysis suggests that a selection process is operating with regard to single and divorced persons: the smaller the proportion of persons who never marry or who are divorced, the higher the resulting death rates
Demographic economics · Economics · Geography · Marital status · Population · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Demography · Global Health Care Issues · Health disparities and outcomes · Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management
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| Unique citing works | 242 |
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| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 233 |