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Home Alone: Widows' Well-Being and Time
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Abstract Using data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE, 2004-17) and time diaries from Poland (2013), the U.S. (2006-16), the U.K. (2014-15) and France (2009-10), we examine differences between widowed and partnered older women in well-being and its development in widowhood. Mo... mehr
Using data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE, 2004-17) and time diaries from Poland (2013), the U.S. (2006-16), the U.K. (2014-15) and France (2009-10), we examine differences between widowed and partnered older women in well-being and its development in widowhood. Most importantly, our analysis accounts for time use, an aspect which has not been studied previously. We trace the evolution of well-being of women who become widowed by comparing them with their matched non-widowed 'statistical twins' and examine the role of an exceptionally broad set of potential moderators of widowhood's impact on well-being. We confirm a dramatic decrease in mental health and life satisfaction after the loss of partner, followed by a slow partial recovery over a 5-year period. An extensive set of controls recorded prior to widowhood, including detailed family ties and social networks, provides little help in explaining the deterioration in well-being. Unique data from time-diaries kept by older women in several European countries and the U.S. tell us why: the key factor behind widows' reduced well-being is increased time spent alone.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
soziales Netzwerk; Wohlbefinden; Witwe; Alleinstehender; Frau; alter Mensch; Partnerverlust; psychische Gesundheit; Lebenszufriedenheit
Klassifikation
Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung
Familiensoziologie, Sexualsoziologie
Freie Schlagwörter
Time use; Widowhood
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2023
Seitenangabe
S. 813-838
Zeitschriftentitel
Journal of Happiness Studies, 24 (2023)
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-023-00622-w
ISSN
1573-7780
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)