Divorce and the wellbeing of older Australians

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dc.contributor.authorGray, Matthew C
dc.contributor.authorDe Vaus, David
dc.contributor.authorStanton, David
dc.contributor.authorQu, Lixia
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-10T23:04:31Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.date.updated2015-12-10T08:45:45Z
dc.description.abstractABSTRACTIn virtually all Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries the number of older people who have experienced divorce at some point in their lives will increase in coming decades. While there is an extensive literature that analyses the effects of divorce on wellbeing, there is relatively little research on the long-run effects of divorce in later life. This paper uses Australian data to estimate the long-run impacts of divorce on the wellbeing of older Australians. Dimensions of wellbeing examined are social interaction and connectedness, perceived social support, life satisfaction, and physical and mental health. The paper shows that divorce has a long-lasting, negative impact on wellbeing that persists into later life for both men and women. However, the negative effects of divorce on wellbeing are largely confined to those who do not re-partner. An important difference between men and women is that for women who are divorced and remain single, the negative effects of divorce are found for general health, vitality and mental health. Furthermore, these effects are reasonably large. For older men, there appear to be no long-term effects of divorce on physical or mental health. While there appears to be some effect of divorce on perceived social support for both older men and women, the effects of divorce on social support are less pervasive in later life than the effects of divorce on satisfaction with life and, for women, health.
dc.identifier.issn0144-686X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/62405
dc.publisherCambridge Journals
dc.sourceAgeing and Society
dc.titleDivorce and the wellbeing of older Australians
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage498
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage475
local.contributor.affiliationGray, Matthew C, Australian Institute of Family Studies
local.contributor.affiliationDe Vaus, David, University of Queensland
local.contributor.affiliationStanton, David, College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationQu, Lixia, Australian Institute of Family Studies
local.contributor.authoremailu4247704@anu.edu.au
local.contributor.authoruidStanton, David, u4247704
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.absfor111799 - Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified
local.identifier.ariespublicationf2965xPUB696
local.identifier.citationvolume31
local.identifier.doi10.1017/S0144686X10001017
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-78549273408
local.identifier.thomsonID000288078500009
local.identifier.uidSubmittedByf2965
local.type.statusPublished Version

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