Gender differences in the economic consequences of life‐long singlehood among older white U.S. adults
Deborah Carr,
Leping Wang,
Pamela J. Smock
Abstract:ObjectiveDrawing on life course frameworks, this study examines how never married older adults differ from their married, cohabiting, divorced, and widowed peers with respect to three dimensions of late‐life economic security, and gender differences in these associations.BackgroundLifelong singlehood has become increasingly common over the past five decades, although little is known about the economic security of never married older adults relative to their currently and formerly married peers.MethodData are f… Show more
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