Eksempler på widower

• Typically, the widowers who had a relationship were under the age of 75, were car drivers and enjoyed good or very good health.

• Only one widower in the first cohort migrated.

• A majority of wives married to low-status widowers (71.1 per cent) were over 30.

• Naturally, some of the widowers who resided on their own and some of the ' empty nest ' households would not have any surviving children.

• At younger ages, a widow had more chances of remarrying (1 out of 5), but still less than widowers (1 out of 2).

• Widows and widowers are especially vulnerable to poverty, inadequate care and neglect in old age.

• Additionally, they expand benefits for low-earners, widows and widowers, disabled workers and young survivors.

• The third group consisted of 52 widows and widowers, some of whom had also married more than once, accounting for a further 59 possible marriages.

• It may be assumed with some confidence that most of the 'singles' were widows or widowers.

• It is noteworthy that widowers with unmarried co-resident children number a mere 5, in contrast to 111 widows.

• Swedish law did provide widows and widowers with property rights.

• Moreover, widows outnumbered widowers even while women were still fecund and at risk of dying in childbirth.

• Therefore, widowers were probably more attractive marriage partners than widows.

• One widower has subsequently married for the third time, having been widowed twice.

• Unlike widows, the widowers did not equate selfishness with freedom, or advantages in widowhood with freedom.