Health and Well-being Effects on Later-life Divorce and Subsequent Repartnering

健康和福祉对晚年离婚和随后重新伴侣的影响

基本信息

批准号：
8687864
负责人：
SUSAN L. BROWN
金额：
$ 41.7万
依托单位：
BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2014
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2014-08-01 至 2018-07-31
项目状态：
已结题

项目摘要

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The gray divorce rate has doubled in the past two decades, rising from 5 to 10 divorces per 1,000 married population ages 50 and older. More than 1 in 4 people who divorced in 2010 were ages 50+ compared with less than 1 in 10 in 1990. The recent rise in gray divorce coupled with the aging of the population foregrounds the urgency of investigating the life course factors associated with divorce during older adulthood and the ramifications for individual well-being. It also raises new questions about what happens after a gray divorce: how common is re-partnering, whether through cohabitation or remarriage, and to what extent does re-partnering ameliorate any negative effects of divorce on individual well-being? Although gray divorce is accelerating, social scientists lack a basic understanding of divorce and re-partnering that occur during later life. We use prospective, longitudinal data from the 1992-2010 Health and Retirement Study to begin to fill this critical gap. We estimate discrete time event history models to assess the life course factors (e.g., empty nest, retirement, and poor health) that are associated with gray divorce and subsequent re=partnering. And, we use latent growth models to investigate how gray divorce is linked to trajectories in health and economic well-being, as well as the extent to which re-partnering offers appreciable gains in well-being. Throughout the project, we assess variation by gender, marriage order, and cohort. The implications of gray divorce are substantial, shaping not only the couple but also the well-being of family members, such as children and grandchildren, and the demands placed on broader institutional support systems designed for older adults and their families. Society at large will need to respond to the shifting (and potentially diminishing) family resources and supports that are available to older adults. As such, this project aligns with the research priorities of the NIA described in its strategic plan for research on aging in the 21st century. Ths project fully incorporates two undergraduate and one graduate research assistant to expose students to all stages of the research process and enhance the BGSU research environment.

描述（由申请人提供）：在过去的二十年中，灰色离婚率增加了一倍，从50岁及50岁以上的已婚人口增加到5个离婚。在2010年离婚的四分之一以上，年龄在50岁以上，而1990年的10人则小于10人。灰色离婚的近期增长与人口的衰老相结合，预示着研究与成年期间离婚相关的生命课程因素的紧迫性，以及个人健康的后果。它还提出了有关灰色离婚后发生的事情的新问题：无论是通过同居还是再婚，重新促进了如何共同促进，并且重新组装的程度在多大程度上可以减轻离婚对个人幸福感的任何负面影响？尽管灰色离婚正在加速，但社会科学家缺乏对以后生命中发生的离婚和重新促进的基本理解。我们使用1992 - 2010年健康和退休研究的前瞻性纵向数据开始填补这一关键空白。我们估计与灰色离婚和随后的RE =合作有关的生命课程因素（例如，空巢，退休和健康状况不佳）评估生命课程因素（例如，空巢，退休和健康状况不佳）。而且，我们使用潜在的增长模型来研究灰色离婚与健康和经济福祉方面的轨迹以及重新组合在福祉方面的可观收益的程度。在整个项目中，我们通过性别，结婚顺序和队列评估差异。灰色离婚的含义是实质性的，不仅塑造了这对夫妇，而且塑造了家庭成员的福祉，例如儿童和孙子，以及对针对老年人及其家人设计的更广泛的机构支持系统的需求。整个社会将需要回应老年人可用的转移（可能减少）家庭资源和支持。因此，该项目与NIA的研究重点相吻合，其在21世纪的衰老战略研究计划中描述了。 THS项目完全纳入了两个本科生和一名研究生研究助理，以使学生进入研究过程的所有阶段，并增强BGSU研究环境。