Solitude in Old Age: Effects of Female Headship on Elderly Women's Lives
- 1 July 1993
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Affilia
- Vol. 8 (2) , 136-156
- https://doi.org/10.1177/088610999300800201
Abstract
As a result of demographic shifts and because of increasing rates of divorce and nonmarriage among women, it is anticipated that more women will live alone in coming decades. How these women will cope with others' demands for care and with their own need for care will be affected by their life-styles before they reach their old age. This article discusses the projected living arrangements of women in 2030 and the current problems of female heads of families and speculates on the living conditions of women who will reach old age in early decades of the 21st century. Implications for policy are discussed.Keywords
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