Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5056802 | Economics & Human Biology | 2017 | 12 Pages |
Abstract
The results show that spousal bereavement increases depression scale by 1.81 points but this increment decreases by 0.43 points every year after bereavement. It takes approximate 4 years to restore to the level prior to bereavement. We also examine the demographic and socioeconomic differences in the spousal bereavement impact and find that the spousal bereavement impact is greater on the bereaved in the higher income group in terms of self-assessed health and depression. Our results only represent a lower boundary of the possible impact of spousal bereavement on self-assessed health and subjective wellbeing due to data restrictions.
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Authors
Fu-Min Tseng, Dennis Petrie, Roberto Leon-Gonzalez,