0 a man or a woman who is divorced and who has not married again --
1 a woman whose marriage officially ended while her husband was still alive --
Currently very few people enter old age as divorcees.
However, a large proportion of divorcees do eventually remarry.
The equivalent percentages were 64 for divorcees, widows and widowers living alone, and 53 (significantly lower) for the repartnered.
Present estimates are that some two-thirds of divorcees will eventually remarry.
All interviewed divorcees reported that at least one therapeutic professional had been involved in their divorce process.
As we shall see, this perception is tied to the prevalent practice in the field of pressuring divorcees to reach an agreement.
Our discussion of single-parenthood, however, indicates that divorcees and single-parents do not remarry out of dedication to the institution.
As a result, neither of these chapters examines the lived experience of current older divorcees, surely a missed opportunity.
