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Health Consequences of Marriage for the Retirement Years

PIENTA, AMY MEHRABAN, HAYWARD, MARK D., JENKINS, KRISTI RAHRIG·2000·Journal of Family Issues
DOI 10.1177/019251300021005003
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Greater numbers of persons will enter retirement outside of marriage or with a checkered marital history. Given the traditional health benefits of marriage, these changes in the population's marital life course may foretell changing demands for eldercare in addition to adverse health consequences. Here, the authors provide new evidence on the specific aspects of health associated with marriage for a nationally representative survey of retirement age adults. An important aspect of the authors' analysis is the assessment of whether the benefits of marriage hold equally for women and men, major race/ethnic groups, and persons with different marital histories. Data from the Health and Retirement Survey are used to evaluate how marriage is associated with major chronic illnesses, functional limitations, and disability. Findings document that marriage benefits health across a broad spectrum of fatal and nonfatal chronic disease conditions, functioning problems, and disabilities. Moreover, benefits of marriage are widely shared across demographic groups.

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Authors
PIENTA, A. M., HAYWARD, M. D., & JENKINS, K. R.
Affiliations
  • Wayne State University (US)
  • Pennsylvania State University (US)
ORCID
Venue
Journal of Family Issues
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2000-07
Volume
21
Issue
5
Pages
559-586
ISSN
  • 0192-513X (ISSN-L)
  • 1552-5481
DOI
10.1177/019251300021005003
OpenAlex
W2137704297
Cited by
163
References
41
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 11 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 9 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 13 · 2015: 9 · 2014: 9 · 2013: 13 · 2012: 16
FWCI
11.01
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
Journal of Family Issues (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Demography › Retirement, Disability, and Employment
  • Social Sciences › Health › Health disparities and outcomes
  • Social Sciences › Demography › Family Dynamics and Relationships
Keywords
marriage, retirement, marital history, chronic disease, functional limitations, disability, gender differences, racial and ethnic differences, older adults, Health and Retirement Study

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