Marital status and living arrangements, along with changes in these in mid-life and older
ages, have implications for an individual's health and mortality. Literature on health and …

Although a relationship between marital status and mortality has long been recognized, no
summary estimates of the strength of the association are available. A meta-analysis of cohort …

Lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals suffer serious mental health disparities relative
to their heterosexual peers, and researchers have linked these disparities to difficult social …

Although the meanings and rates of being married, divorced, separated, never-married, and
widowed have changed significantly over the past several decades, we know very little …

The loss of a marital partner results in substantial increases in morbidity and mortality
among both men and women, but the effects are relatively greater for widowers than for …

Marital status is an index of the phenomenon of social integration within social structures
and has long been identified as an important predictor suicide. However, previous meta …

Drawing on 5 waves of the Health and Retirement Study, we examine the influence of the
marital life course on the prevalence and incidence of cardiovascular disease among 9,434 …

Objectives We provide one of the first population-based studies of variation in dementia by
marital status in the United States. Method We analyzed data from the Health and …

The intermediate processes through which the various unmarried states can increase the
risk of subsequent cardiovascular disease mortality are incompletely understood. An …

Study objective: To describe gender specific suicide rates associated with partner's
psychiatric disorder, loss of a spouse, or child by suicide or other causes, being a parent …