The informant responds that he guesses his father was, that he thinks he was remarried then.
Individuals in first or remarried relationships showed a marked increase in depressive symptoms following separation that was absent in those in cohabiting relationships.
Observing the actions of these widows, equal numbers can be shown to have remarried and died without remarrying.
One of the widowed women, who was previously childless, remarried during the course of the study and acquired a stepson.
A couple of years later, she remarried in a second marriage.
If the widow remarried and moved away from the farm she would lose all her retirement benefits.
Another category potentially at risk of leaving minor children were the widows and widowers who remarried.
Roughly half of widowers remarried, with remarriage more likely for those of lower and middle status than for upper-status widowers.
