Open AccessShort- and long-term associations between widowhood and mortality in the United States: longitudinal analyses
Author(s) -
J. Robin Moon,
M. Maria Glymour,
Anusha M. Vable,
Sze Yan Liu,
S. V. Subramanian
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1741-3850
pISSN - 1741-3842
DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/fdt101
Subject(s) - term (time) , demography , public health , epidemiology , environmental health , gerontology , medicine , geography , sociology , nursing , physics , quantum mechanics
Past research shows that spousal death results in elevated mortality risk for the surviving spouse. However, most prior studies have inadequately controlled for socioeconomic status (SES), and it is unclear whether this 'widowhood effect' persists over time.
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