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dc.contributor.authorBaxter, Janeenen
dc.contributor.authorWestern, Men
dc.contributor.authorHewitt, Ben
dc.contributor.authorTurrell, Gen
dc.date.accessioned2019-04-13T03:34:42Zen
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-17T03:59:47Zen
dc.date.available2011-05-17T03:59:47Zen
dc.date.issued2004en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10620/17373en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10620/3398en
dc.description.abstractThe elderly population in Australia is witnessing an increase in the number and proportion of separated and divorced people and a decline in the proportion who are married. This shift may have implications for health and aged care spending over the next few decades as previous (mainly overseas) research has shown that the non-married have poorer health than the married. We examine the association between marital status and self reported general health in a population sample of Australian men and women aged 60 and over. Our results show a strong association between marital status and health among elderly women, where the divorced, widowed, and never married report better health than the married. Separated elderly women, however, reported poorer health than married women. We argue that, based on our findings, separated women may represent an important target group for policy intervention. By contrast our study only found a weak association between marital status and health among elderly men.en
dc.subject.classificationRelationships -- Dissolutionen
dc.subject.classificationRelationshipsen
dc.subject.classificationAgeingen
dc.subject.classificationHealthen
dc.titleMarriage Dissolution and Health Amongst the Elderly: The Role of Social and Economic Resourcesen
dc.typeReports and technical papersen
dc.identifier.urlhttp://www.melbourneinstitute.com/hildaen
dc.identifier.surveyHILDAen
dc.description.urlhttp://www.melbourneinstitute.com/hildaen
dc.description.institutionSchool of Social Science, University of Queenslanden
dc.identifier.rishttp://flosse.dss.gov.au//ris.php?id=3659en
local.identifier.id3659en
dc.subject.dssAgeingen
dc.subject.dssHealth and wellbeingen
dc.subject.flosseAgeingen
dc.subject.flosseHealthen
dc.relation.surveyHILDAen
dc.old.surveyvalueHILDAen
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item.openairetypeReports and technical papers-
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