The article explores the roles of household compositional factors and socio-economic status onwidowhoodand remarriage.From theCambridge English Corpus
It has, however, ignored other important dimensions ofwidowhood.From theCambridge English Corpus
But institutional pressures ensured that onwidowhoodsuch opportunities dwindled, and there was every incentive to remarry.From theCambridge English Corpus
The present study investigates the effect ofwidowhoodon memory functioning in older persons.From theCambridge English Corpus
This study explored how spousal care-giving influences depressive symptoms six months intowidowhood, and explicitly tested the relief model.From theCambridge English Corpus
These issues may be explored in future studies in order to examine the extent to which they reflect women's experiences ofwidowhood, in general.From theCambridge English Corpus
The following section deals with the demographics ofwidowhoodand includes chapters on mortality and ageing inwidowhood.From theCambridge English Corpus
Moving in later life is highly correlated with important life events, such as retirement,widowhoodand divorce or separation.From theCambridge English Corpus
There are chapters on employment in old age, financial resources, health care, social care, housing policy, child-care provided by the older generation, andwidowhood.From theCambridge English Corpus
A supportive network facilitates the adjustment to negative life events, such aswidowhoodand declining health, that are characteristic of old age.From theCambridge English Corpus
In the case of widows this would also enable them to deal better with the social disabilities associated withwidowhood.From theCambridge English Corpus
Unlike widows, the widowers did not equate selfishness with freedom, or advantages inwidowhoodwith freedom.From theCambridge English Corpus
The networks of repartnered older adults will be compared with those in first marriages and those who continue to live alone afterwidowhoodor divorce.From theCambridge English Corpus
We began by addressing whether in general the data support a relief model by comparing care-givers' and non-caregivers' depressive symptomatology six months intowidowhood.From theCambridge English Corpus
The average duration atwidowhoodis 49 years.From theCambridge English Corpus
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