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THE TRANSFORMATION OF LATE-LIFE SINGLEHOOD: EMERGENCE OF THE SOCIETY OF DIVORCEES

More than four decades ago Lopata coined the concept “society of widows” to describe the gendered reality of late life singlehood, where widowed women were excluded from coupled social life and had to depend on other widows for social integration. We have coined the concept “society of divorcees” to...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bildtgard, Torbjorn, Öberg, Peter
Format: Online Article Text
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2019
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Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6841539/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igz038.2302