Widowhood and Mortality Among the Elderly: The Modifying Role of Neighborhood Concentration of Widowed Individuals  

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Subramanian, S. V. ; Elwert, Felix ; Christakis, Nicholas

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Social Science & Medicine (www.elsevier.com/locate/sosscimed) vol. 66 no. 4 (Feb. 2008), page 873-884.
Topik: Bereavement; Mortality; Neighborhood; Multilevel Discrete-Time Hazard Analysis; Widowhood Effect; Gender; USA

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Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: SS53.18 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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The effect of death of a spouse on the mortality of the survivor (the "widowhood effect") is well-established. We investigaed how the effect of widowhood on mortality depends on the neighborhood concentration of widowed individuals in the United States. We developed a large, nationally represntative, and longitudinal dataset from Medicare claims and other data sources characterizing 200,000 elderly couples, with nine years of follow-up (1993-2002), and estimated multilevel grouped discrete-time hazard models. In neighborhoods with a low concentration of widowed individuals, widowhood increased the odds of death for men by 22% and for women by 17%, compared to 17% for men, and 15% for women in neighborhoods with a high concentration for interacting with others and favoring new social engagements - could be potential modifiers of the widowhood effects and as such requires more systematic consideration in future reserarch of widowhood effects on well-being and mortality.

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