The article explores the roles of household compositional factors and socio-economic status on widowhood and remarriage.
It has, however, ignored other important dimensions of widowhood.
But institutional pressures ensured that on widowhood such opportunities dwindled, and there was every incentive to remarry.
The present study investigates the effect of widowhood on memory functioning in older persons.
This study explored how spousal care-giving influences depressive symptoms six months into widowhood, and explicitly tested the relief model.
These issues may be explored in future studies in order to examine the extent to which they reflect women's experiences of widowhood, in general.
The following section deals with the demographics of widowhood and includes chapters on mortality and ageing in widowhood.
Moving in later life is highly correlated with important life events, such as retirement, widowhood and divorce or separation.
