The relationship between mortality and time since divorce, widowhood or remarriage in Norway

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2267-2274

  Berntsen, Kjersti Norgård ^a   Kravdal, Øystein ^a  

^a STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Discrete time hazard regression; Gender; Marital status history; Mortality; Norway; Register data

Indexed keywords

DIVORCE; GENDER; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; DIVORCE; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LIFE STRESS; MALE; MORTALITY; NORWAY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; WIDOW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIVORCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NORWAY; REGISTRIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TIME FACTORS; WIDOWHOOD;

NORWAY;

EID: 84869509754     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.08.028     Document Type: Article

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