The Relationship Between Marital Status and Health
An Empirical Investigation of Differences in Bed Occupancy Within Health and Social Care Facilities in Britain, 1921-1991
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2346563 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Pauline M Prior, Bernadette C Hayes (Queen's University Belfast) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 124-148 |
| Publication date | 2003-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Family Issues (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0192-513X • E-ISSN: 1552-5481 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0192513x02238523 |
| OpenAlex | W2132451378 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 36 |
Based on census materials collected in Britain from 1921 to 1991 and using bed occupancy as a proxy for health, this study focuses on the relationship between marriage and physical health. The results confirm the positive association between marriage and physical health within this society. Married people consistently make less use of residential health and social care facilities than do nonmarried people, and this relationship holds across all census years. This is not to deny, however, some important health differences within the nonmarried population, such as the increasing vulnerability of widowed females aged 65 years and older and of never-married males of working age
Census · Marital status · Mental health · Physical health · Population · Sociology · Demography · Global Health Care Issues · Health disparities and outcomes · Medicine · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies · Psychology · Gerontology
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| Citations per year | 0.37 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2007 - 2024 (18) |
| Highly cited | No |