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- Title
Food Security and Health Outcomes following Gray Divorce.
- Authors
Zhao, Hang; Andreyeva, Tatiana; Sun, Xiaohan
- Abstract
The study evaluates the immediate and long-term consequences of gray divorce (i.e., marital dissolution after age 50) for the food security, depression, and disability of older Americans. Staggered Difference-in-Difference models were fitted to a nationally representative longitudinal sample of adults aged ≥ 50 years from the Health and Retirement Study, 1998–2018. Food insecurity and disability increase in the year of gray divorce and remain significantly elevated for up to six years or more following the event, consistent with the chronic strain model of gray divorce. Gray divorce has particularly adverse consequences for the food security of older women, while no gender differences were observed for disability. Increasing trends in gray divorce have important negative implications for food security and health of older Americans, particularly women, who appear to be less prepared to financially withstand a marital collapse in older age. Targeted policies to provide nutrition assistance and support in reemployment might be necessary to reduce the burden of food insecurity in the wake of gray divorce among women.
- Subjects
DIVORCE &; psychology; RESEARCH funding; FOOD security; HEALTH insurance; UNITED States. Social Security Administration; ANALYTICAL biochemistry; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; LONGITUDINAL method; COLLECTION &; preservation of biological specimens; COMPARATIVE studies; CONFIDENCE intervals; MENTAL depression; PEOPLE with disabilities; ACTIVITIES of daily living; WELL-being; EMPLOYMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL vulnerability; OLD age
- Publication
Nutrients, 2024, Vol 16, Issue 5, p633
- ISSN
2072-6643
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/nu16050633