We conducted an integrative review to identify issues and challenges that face aging women
and to distinguish areas for future research. We found that many older women continue to …

Widowhood is a catastrophic event at any stage of life for the surviving partner particularly in
old age, with serious repercussions on their physical, economic, and emotional well-being …

The potential implications of gender differences in financial literacy are far-reaching. This
paper describes the findings of a review of the literature on gender differences in financial …

This well-established and accessible text has been completely revised in this expanded fifth
edition. Each chapter has been updated, often extensively, to reflect current thinking, and an …

Issues in Aging combines social, psychological, biological, and philosophical perspectives
to present a multifaceted picture of aging. Novak illustrates both the problems and the …

Gender: The Basics is an engaging introduction to the influence of cultural, historical,
biological, psychological, and economic forces on ways in which we have come to define …

Research indicates that men are more risk tolerant and make riskier financial decisions than
women. To explain this, researchers have favored “essentialist” explanations that attribute …

The COVID-19 pandemic impacted the social and economic sectors. Family, the smallest
social unit, is experiencing the impact, particularly for the woman as single-parent. Being a …

As the older population in the United States is becoming more racially and ethnically
diverse, it is important to understand the characteristics, the potential, and the needs of this …

Using data from the 2008 and 2010 waves of the Health and Retirement Study to analyze
the determinants of material hardship among individuals ages sixty-five and older, I look at …