| Description |
x, 222 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
The social context of singleness in old age -- Characteristics of the sample and procedures -- Sex, marital status, and health -- Postponement of health care -- Finances of the unmarried -- Work, retirement, and well-being -- Sex differences in household involvement of the unmarried -- Use of time: Continuity and change -- Old and single in the city and in the country: Activities of the unmarried -- Vulnerability of the unmarried -- Concluding thoughts |
| Analysis |
Western world Single persons |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [207]-220 |
| Subject |
Older people -- United States.
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Single people -- United States.
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Single people.
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Single Person.
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Aged.
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Single Person.
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| SUBJECT |
United States. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481 |
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United States. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481 |
| LC no. |
88028854 |
| ISBN |
0275926206 (alk. paper) |
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