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Remarriage after Widowhood: A Marital History Study of Older Canadians

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 November 2010

Zheng Wu
Zheng Wu
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University of Victoria
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Abstract

Using event history data from the 1990 Canadian Family and Friends Survey, this study examines several factors that influence the likelihood of remarriage for women and men whose first marriages ended in widowhood. Our results suggest that large sex differences in remarriage exist, with ever-widowed men having appreciably higher rates than ever-widowed women. Remarriage rates are shown to vary by indicators of lifecycle and by socio-economic status. The implications of these results are discussed.

Résumé

À l'aide des données historiques tirées de l'étude de Statistique Canada sur la famille et les amis de 1990, cette recherche étudie divers facteurs influençant la probabilité de remariage chez les homines et les femmes dont le premier mariage s'est terminé par un veuvage. Les résultats suggèrent qu'il existe d'importantes différences entre les deux sexes lorsqu'il s'agit de se remarier. Le taux de remariage chez les veufs est beaucoup plus élevé que chez les veuves. De plus, le taux de remariage varie selon les indicateurs du cycle de vie et la situation socioéconomique. L'auteur discute des conséquences de ces résultats.

Keywords

RemarriageWidowhoodDuration of WidowhoodLife Cycle StageEducationEvent History Data.Remariageveuvagedurée de veuvageétape du cycle de viescolaritédonnées historiques
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Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement , Volume 14 , Issue 4 , Winter/hiver 1995 , pp. 719 - 736
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Copyright © Canadian Association on Gerontology 1995

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