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PubMed1982

Why study widowed women: a rationale.

This essay represents an attempt to bring together literature from a variety of sources and develop it into an explanation and rationale for studying widowed women. Four factors are important in this regard: (1) the disproportionate number of widows vis-à-vis widowers, (2) the problems faced by widows and their accentuation as a result of prevailing societal norms and values, (3) the differences in response and adaptation to widowhood by sex, and (4) the more negative consequences, experienced by widowed women as compared to divorced women. Widows are more likely than other persons who have lost a spouse to work through the loss outside the context of remarriage and to develop single lifestyle adaptations with fewer available resources. The importance of social supports--both formal and informal--are paramount to their successful outcomes. To date these supports are weak and ineffective.

Adaptation, Psychological↗
PubMed2003

African widows: anthropological and historical perspectives.

Variety characterizes widows' experiences around the world and in Africa south of the Sahara. This article explores the socioeconomic and cultural contexts of African widowhood, using anthropological studies in a number of African societies, including the author's research among Abaluyia of western Kenya. Some features of African widowhood are characteristic of African women's lives regardless of their marital status: their embeddedness in kinship systems and dependence on those systems for claims to productive resources, their economic self-reliance (which does not mean prosperity), strongly gendered divisions of labor, and the pervasiveness of patriarchal gender relations. Other features are specific to widowhood, including remarriage, issues of personal autonomy, and loss of status, access to productive resources and social support. Colonial and postcolonial historical transformations, including Africa's current dire economic situation and the AIDS epidemic, are considered in relation to widows' lives. An interesting question (given the theme of this edited volume) is whether a husband' s death puts African widows "on their own again," and whether, given African systems of kinship and marriage, most African women (and indeed men, too) can ever be said to be "on their own."

Africa↗
PubMed2004

Gender and marital-history differences in emotional and social loneliness among Dutch older adults.

In this study, Weiss's (1973) theorizing about the sources of emotional and social loneliness is elaborated--with notions about the asymmetric gratifications derived from marriage, about the conflicting loyalties that result from remarriage, and about selection into marriage--in order to reach an understanding of gender differences in loneliness, both in and outside of marriage. First and subsequent marriages are considered, as well as marital disruptions and never marrying. The data (N = 3737) are from the 1992 Dutch survey on older adults' living arrangements and social networks (NESTOR-LSN). Marital-history differences emerge, not only for emotional loneliness, but also (and contrary to Weiss's theoretical conceptualizations) for social loneliness. The marital-history differences in emotional and social loneliness are greater among men than women. For men, the marriage bond appears not only to be more central to emotional well-being than is the case for women but also to play a pivotal role in their involvement with others. Marital history offers the best explanation for differences in emotional loneliness among men, but social embeddedness characteristics also account for differences in emotional loneliness among women. Apparently, whereas men are more likely to find an intimate attachment in marriage, women also find protection from emotional loneliness in other close ties. The marital-history differences in social loneliness are largely mediated by social embeddedness characteristics, partly in different ways for men and women. Involvement in activities outside the home serves as the context for sociability for men, whereas parenthood plays a more important role in women's social engagements.

Aged↗
PubMed2002

The effects of kin on child mortality in rural Gambia.

We analyzed data that were collected continuously between 1950 and 1974 from a rural area of the Gambia to determine the effects of kin on child mortality. Multilevel event-history models were used to demonstrate that having a living mother, maternal grandmother, or elder sisters had a significant positive effect on the survival probabilities of children, whereas having a living father, paternal grandmother, grandfather, or elder brothers had no effect. The mother's remarriage to a new husband had a detrimental effect on child survival, but there was little difference in the mortality rates of children who were born to monogamous or polygynous fathers. The implications of these results for understanding the evolution of human life-history are discussed.

Demography↗
PubMed2005

Understanding racial differences in the economic costs of growing up in a single-parent family.

This article examines whether the economic consequences of growing up in a single-parent family differ for black children and white children. It is important to understand whether the costs differ across racial groups because although much of the rhetoric about poor single-parent families focuses on inner-city blacks, most children who live in such families are white. If the costs of living with only one parent vary across groups, then policies that are aimed at reducing the costs that do not acknowledge this variation will not target resources efficiently. We found that the economic costs of living with a single parent are larger for black children than for white children. Most of the discrepancy can be attributed to differences in remarriage rates, marital stability, welfare participation, and female labor supply.

Adolescent↗
PubMed2003

Consent by proxy for nonurgent pediatric care.

Minor-aged patients are often brought to the pediatrician for nonurgent acute medical care or health supervision visits by someone other than their custodial parent or guardian. These surrogates can be members of the child's extended family, such as a grandparent or aunt. In cases of divorce and remarriage, a noncustodial parent or stepparent may accompany the patient. Sometimes, children are brought for care by adults living in the home who are not biologically or legally related to the child. In some instances, a child care professional (eg, au pair, nanny) brings the pediatric patient for medical care. This report identifies common situations in which pediatricians may encounter "consent by proxy" for nonurgent medical care for minors and explains the potential for liability exposure associated with these circumstances. The report suggests practical steps that balance the need to minimize the physician's liability exposure with the patient's access to health care. Key issues to be considered when creating or updating office policies for obtaining and documenting consent by proxy are offered.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1990

Children of divorce: recent findings regarding long-term effects and recent studies of joint and sole custody.

The 10-year study revealed that the effects of divorce on children are often long lasting. Children are especially affected because divorce occurs within their formative years. What they see and experience during the failing marriage becomes a part of their view of themselves and of society. Although the findings from the study are, in some respects, dismaying, what emerges clearly is that a successfully reestablished family or a successful remarriage can improve the quality of life for both adults and children. The divorce may resolve the family conflict and allow the children to preserve a relationship with both parents. Divorce may also be useful in putting some distance between a child and a disturbed parent. Under these conditions, children may show accelerated maturity and independence. They may also bring to young adulthood a morality that places high value on sustaining relationships and on love, fidelity, and compassion. The results of the longitudinal study, as well as those of the two joint custody studies, indicate that ongoing conflict between divorced parents has especially detrimental effects on the children and that children are particularly at risk when they have frequent and continuing access to both parents who are hostile and uncooperative with each other. Mandated joint custody and frequent visitation in these situations may not be advisable. On the other hand, among children in chronically disturbed and disputing families, there is a wide range of individual coping responses and degrees of resilience. In the final analysis, individual temperaments should be considered and a careful evaluation made of how each child is coping in his or her own particular family environment.

Adaptation, Psychological↗
PubMed1989

The significance of stepgrandparents.

Research on reconstituted families has ignored the stepgrandchild-stepgrandparent relationship. This relationship was examined through an exploratory study of the quantity of interaction, satisfaction with this interaction, stepgrandchildren's perception of the stepgrandparent role, the appropriate behaviors stepgrandchildren expect of stepgrandparents, and relationship strengths. The results indicated that 1) stepgrandchildren maintain contact with their stepgrandparent beyond high school; 2) currently, the majority of the respondents wanted more contact with their stepgrandparents; 3) almost half of the stepgrandchildren rated the relationship with their stepgrandparent as important; 4) they perceived the relationship as both a personal and a social role; 5) they expected few behaviors from their stepgrandparent; and 6) the relationship strengths were rated neither high nor low. Some factors which were important to the stepgrandchild-stepgrandparent relationship included: satisfaction with the parent's remarriage, the importance of the relationship with the stepparent, and the respondent's age when he/she became a stepchild.

Adult↗
PubMed1995

[A study of middle-high aged impotent patients].

Background factors, which are causes of functional and organic impotence, of 729 impotent patients over 50 years old were evaluated. They were classified into 3 major categories, i.e., stresses at job, stresses at home, and diseases or accidents. Over 30% of the patients had 2 or more categories. A retirement from office and troubles at job were most frequent among stresses at job. As to stresses at home, marital problems such as wife's death and remarriage were most common. With respect to diseases or accidents, they were observed in 84 percent of all patients, and hypertension (HT) or diabetes mellitus (DM) were most common and the rate of medication was considerably high. The percent of clearly organic impotence was quite low (22%). Hormonal environment of 303 over 50 aged impotent patients was checked and compared with 120 impotent patients from 20 to 49 years old. Serum testosterone (T) levels in patients over 70 years of age decreased significantly. Lutenizing hormone (LH) and follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) levels in patients after age 50 progressively increased. Patients administered anti-androgenic agenst tended to show lower T and higher LH, FSH, and prolactin (PRL) levels than non-administered. Patients with psychotropic drugs showed significantly higher PRL levels. Hormonal therapy (mainly T replacement therapy) tended to be more effective in patients of low serum T levels before therapy. However, some patients with normal T improved. In 141 impotent patients, 83 cases of which were after age 50, the degrees of their penile arterial impairment were tested using penile brachial index (PBI) and pulse volume recordings (PVR). PVR waveforms were classified into 3 groups, i.e., normal, slightly abnormal, and markedly abnormal. PBI was significantly lower in abnormal groups than in normal group. Between each parameter of PVR and PBI, statistically significant correlation and relevancy were found. Crest time were significantly longer, and PBI and angle of rise significantly lower in over 50 aged patients than in 20-49 aged. We evaluated the risk factors to penile arterial impairment, such as DM, HT, smoking, and cardiovascular disorders. Each of these risk factors was minor to age factor itself. PVR proved to be useful, simple, and non-invasive method for the screening of vascular impotence. In conclusion, degenerative changes occur about hormonal environment and penile blood flow according to aging, and many kinds of background factors have direct or indirect influence to occurrence of impotence. We emphasize such matters should be considered at examination of middle-high aged impotent patients.

Adult↗
PubMed1988

The increasing demand for infertility treatment.

At present NHS services for infertile couples are under-developed compared with those available in the private sector. Health care planners should be aware that the demand for infertility treatment is likely to increase. The average age at first child birth has increased and presumably also the average age at the first attempt to conceive. The rise in divorce rates and second marriages has resulted in increasing numbers of couples wishing to start a second family at a comparatively advanced age. If, as it appears, the time taken to conceive increases with age, the higher average age of women attempting to conceive could cause an increase in the prevalence of infertility, and the demand for treatment. Divorce and remarriage of sterilised people has resulted in a demand for reversal of sterilisation and for in vitro fertilisation (IVF). The age of onset of sexual activity has fallen. This, combined with later marriage, has led to an increase in the number of sexually active single people, with an increase in the incidence of sexually transmitted disease of which infertility is a possible sequel. The opportunity to adopt is now available for very few couples because of the decreasing proportion of illegitimate babies available for adoption. Recent publicity given to developments such as gamete intra fallopian transfer (GIFT) and IVF may have increased the demand for treatment.

Adoption↗
PubMed1999

Parental marital disruption and intergenerational transfers: an analysis of lone elderly parents and their children.

Although one of the most marked demographic trends observed over the twentieth century is the increased rate of divorce, relatively little research has explored the effects of these changing marital patterns in the context of an aging society. Using a sample of lone elderly parents and their adult children, we analyze the direct and indirect effects of marital disruption on four important dimensions of intergenerational transfers: coresidence, financial assistance, adult children's provision of informal care, and parental purchase of paid care. Our findings suggest that divorce has deleterious effects on intergenerational transfers, particularly for elderly fathers. Remarriage further reduces exchange. Our results reveal that parents engage in lower levels of transfers with stepchildren relative to biological children. Moreover, intergenerational transfers are sensitive to characteristics of biological children but not to those of stepchildren. Taken together, these results suggest that exchange at the end of the life course continues to be adversely affected by marital disruption.

Activities of Daily Living↗
PubMed2000

The Veterans Millennium Health Care and Benefits Act. Department of Veterans Affairs. Final rule.

This document amends Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) adjudication regulations to reflect changes made by the Veterans Millennium Health Care and Benefits Act. These changes concern payment of dependency and indemnity compensation to the surviving spouses of certain former prisoners of war; the provision of health care, education and home loan benefits to surviving spouses upon termination of their remarriages; and the addition of bronchiolo-alveolar carcinoma to the list of diseases that VA presumes are the result of exposure to radiation during active military service.

Humans↗
PubMedDate not supplied

Age-heterogamy and Canadian union.

This study provides a much-needed exploration of the determinants of age-discrepant unions in Canada. What little research has been conducted in this area of sociology of the family is now outdated. Further, the growing number of Canadians living in nonmarital cohabitation warrants their inclusion in any consideration of contemporary, heterosexual unions, and we have done so here. Utilizing multinomial logit modeling techniques, we analyze data drawn from the 1995 Canadian General Social Survey. We find that cohabitations and remarriages are more likely to be age-discrepant than marriages, and that as age at union formation increases, so does the likelihood that the union will be age-heterogamous. Although we hypothesized a positive relationship between education and the chances of age-heterogamous unions because the availability of eligible mates may decrease with education, we actually find an inverse association for women: a one-level increase in education decreases a woman's odds of entering an age-discrepant union by about 4 percent. We speculate that for women, greater education (economic position) may increase age-homogamy because they may be more economically attractive and thus more able to select a partner of their own age.

Adult↗
PubMed1994

[[Changes in marital status in Taiwan during the twentieth century]].

"This study describes...changes in marital status during [the twentieth] century, by analyzing each census result conducted during the time of Japanese occupation and after the war in Taiwan. Taking the age specific statistics, which include sex ratio, proportion...ever married, the widowed, and the divorced, as well as rates of divorce and remarriage, this study presents the marriage patterns in terms of formation, dissolution and reformation in Taiwan of this century." (SUMMARY IN ENG)

Age Factors↗
PubMed1979

[An attempt to use graph theory for the description of demographic events].

"The possibility is discussed of using graphs to describe a sequence of demographic events such as births, marriages and deaths. Among all sequences of demographic events those with perturbations are singled out. The following perturbations are defined: childlessness, premature termination of childbearing caused by the death of the female or termination of marriage due to divorce or death of spouse, remarriage of females and pre-marital births." (SUMMARY IN ENG, RUS)

Demography↗
PubMed1988

Act of 13 May 1987.

This Act makes the following changes in marriage law in the Netherlands: 1) a minor desiring to marry can apply to the magistrate's court for consent if the minor's parents will not consent; 2) "public notice of intended marriage" is no longer required; and 3) the waiting period of 1 year from the time of divorce to the time of remarriage for persons who were married, divorced, and then wished to remarry is abolished.

Developed Countries↗
PubMed1988

Customary Law and Primary Courts Amendment Act, 1982.

Among other things, this Zimbabwe Act amends the principal Act to provide that "a community court shall, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in customary law, regard 1) the person who, according to customary law, is the husband of a woman as being primarily responsible for the maintenance of that woman during the marriage and, after the dissolution of their marriage, until her remarriage [and] 2) the father of a child as being primarily responsible for the maintenance of that child until the child attains the age of majority."

Africa↗
PubMed1992

[Marriage, marriage dissolution, and death 1976-1990: figures from life tables].

Life table data for the Netherlands are presented by marital status, age, and sex for four Dutch cohorts: never married, married, divorced, and widowed. "The numbers of survivors in each marital status are computed using sex, age and marital status specific rates...." Consideration is given to nonmarital fertility; average ages at first marriage, divorce, and remarriage; life expectancy at birth; and average age at death by sex and marital status. (SUMMARY IN ENG)

Age Distribution↗