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.
