Frauen ab 50 – 'andere' Chancen und Risiken des Alter(n)s?

Backes, Gertrud M.; Wolfinger, Martina

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“…They can also be understood as a confirmation of the concept of 'the double standard of ageing' (Sontag, 1972), since ageing has a stronger effect on women compared to men. Moreover, these findings underline the gendering of ageing since gender-specific resources, which are relevant for repartnering, decrease for women and increase for men with advancing age (Bamler, 2008;Gildemeister, 2008;Backes and Wolfinger, 2009). As lifecourses are similarly gendered in other Western countries and the demographic changes are developing in a comparable manner, these gender-and ageing-specific differences and the entanglement between them are likely also to explain repartnering in later life beyond Germany.…”

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confidence: 66%

“…This intersection is pivotal for repartnering in older age, because one of the consequences of gendered lifecourses is an unbalanced partner market in older age: there are proportionally more women than men, even though the distribution is increasingly adjusting (Mahay and Laumann, 2004;Nowossadeck and Engstler, 2013;destatis, 2019b). The mechanisms behind this are firstly that women tend to live longer than men (Hoffmann et al, 2017;destatis, 2019c) and secondly that there is an average age difference in different-sex relationships, with the man being notably older than the woman (Backes and Wolfinger, 2009;Brown and Shinohara, 2013). This leads to a higher likelihood of becoming a widow than becoming a widower (Bamler, 2008).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Gendered repartnering in later life: structural and processual dimensions of the transition into new relationships

Bischoff

2024

Ageing and Society

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Against the backdrop of demographic change and the pluralisation of living arrangements, the article focuses on repartnering after widowhood, divorce and separation in older age in Germany. While theoretically framing repartnering as a lifecourse transition, the question arises of how later-life relationships form in relation to gender- and ageing-specific as well as structural and processual dimensions. Since previous research indicates that there are gender-specific patterns when repartnering in older age which differ from repartnering in middle age, the article explicitly accounts for gendered ageing and attitudes towards ageing. Using data from the German Ageing Survey (1996–2017), longitudinal hybrid panel regressions are modelled for 3,653 respondents, 11,628 observations and 179 new relationships. I propose to understand within-effects as processual and between-effects as structural dimensions of repartnering. The results for the structural dimensions show that the likelihood of repartnering is higher for men and for individuals with more negative attitudes towards ageing. The results for the processual dimensions show how repartnering becomes less likely the older one gets and the more positive one's attitudes towards ageing become. The interaction term for gender and ageing shows that ageing has a stronger influence on the likelihood to repartner for women than for men. Additionally, the findings reveal a difference between forms of singlehood: in the short term, repartnering is less likely for divorced or separated individuals than for widowed individuals, whereas the opposite effect shows in the long term. In sensitising the lifecourse perspective with gender- and ageing-specific concepts and analytically separating processual and structural dimensions, this article demonstrates the importance of gendered ageing and of the linkage between relationship transitions. Applying hybrid panel models to lifecourse transitions in older age reveals the processual dynamic and structural embeddedness of repartnering in older age.

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Gendered repartnering in later life: structural and processual dimensions of the transition into new relationships

Bischoff

2024

Ageing and Society

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“…Concerning the sex differences described in the following, it should be noted that other variables have a causal, moderating and differentiating effect, especially influences of socioeconomic status (education, occupation, income). Life situation, attitudes to health and the resulting behaviour diverge for gender groups (Backes, 1998;Backes & Wolfinger, 2009).…”

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Salutogenesis and the Sense of Coherence in Middle Adulthood

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Henze

2022

The Handbook of Salutogenesis

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In this chapter, the authors focus on the transition from middle to late adulthood. The questions of when and how past transitions affect subsequent ageing is discussed. Whilst middle age was long considered undramatic, the authors state that it is increasingly gaining profile. They focus on a phase typically observed in the sixth decade of life, characterized by the initiation of the transition to de-professionalization and change of responsibilities within the family when crisis and chronic situations can lead to the need for help from health professionals.The authors deliberate on how a dialogue between middle-aged adults and professionals can contribute positively to the naming, modification, design and further development of health goals, linking physiological and unconscious processes to the theory of salutogenesis.Notably, the authors frame illness processes from the perspective of salutogenic resources, also discussing the benefits of crises experienced in middle adulthood.The authors’ novel ideas about a salutogenic perspective on life in middle adulthood will inspire researchers and practitioners to a more innovative approach to this large segment of society.

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Frauen ab 50 – 'andere' Chancen und Risiken des Alter(n)s?

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Gendered repartnering in later life: structural and processual dimensions of the transition into new relationships

Gendered repartnering in later life: structural and processual dimensions of the transition into new relationships

Salutogenesis and the Sense of Coherence in Middle Adulthood

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