Journal Article

Change in living arrangements following death of a partner in England and Wales, 1971 to 2001

Authors

Publication date

2010

Abstract

Understanding trends and changes in the circumstances of couples separated by death is important for policy initiatives to reduce vulnerabilities associated with end of life care and for those who live on. This article uses widow(er)hood statistics and census data from the Office for National Statistics Longitudinal Study. It examines changes in couples’ living arrangements and households at four successive censuses from 1971 to 2001and shows how these differ by age and gender on the death of a spouse or partner. Findings draw attention to the effects of ageing and mortality improvements as well as wider social and economic trends in family and household formation, residential independence in older age, and policy developments on long-term care provision for older people.

Published in

Population Trends

Volume

141: 130-150

Subjects

Older People, Demography, Family Formation And Dissolution, and Social Policy

Links

http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/article.asp?id=2586

Notes

No doi given

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