The average duration at widowhood is 49 years.
We began by addressing whether in general the data support a relief model by comparing care-givers' and non-caregivers' depressive symptomatology six months into widowhood.
The networks of repartnered older adults will be compared with those in first marriages and those who continue to live alone after widowhood or divorce.
Unlike widows, the widowers did not equate selfishness with freedom, or advantages in widowhood with freedom.
In the case of widows this would also enable them to deal better with the social disabilities associated with widowhood.
A supportive network facilitates the adjustment to negative life events, such as widowhood and declining health, that are characteristic of old age.
There are chapters on employment in old age, financial resources, health care, social care, housing policy, child-care provided by the older generation, and widowhood.
Moving in later life is highly correlated with important life events, such as retirement, widowhood and divorce or separation.
