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      Antecedents of Gray Divorce: A Life Course Perspective

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          <div class="section"> <a class="named-anchor" id="s1"> <!-- named anchor --> </a> <h5 class="section-title" id="d6700228e143">Objectives</h5> <p id="d6700228e145">Increasingly, older adults are experiencing divorce, yet little is known about the risk factors associated with divorce after age 50 (termed “gray divorce”). Guided by a life course perspective, our study examined whether key later life turning points are related to gray divorce. </p> </div><div class="section"> <a class="named-anchor" id="s2"> <!-- named anchor --> </a> <h5 class="section-title" id="d6700228e148">Method</h5> <p id="d6700228e150">We used data from the 1998–2012 Health and Retirement Study to conduct a prospective, couple-level discrete-time event history analysis of the antecedents of gray divorce. Our models incorporated key turning points (empty nest, retirement, and poor health) as well as demographic characteristics and economic resources. </p> </div><div class="section"> <a class="named-anchor" id="s3"> <!-- named anchor --> </a> <h5 class="section-title" id="d6700228e153">Results</h5> <p id="d6700228e155">Contrary to our expectations, the onset of an empty nest, the wife’s or husband’s retirement, and the wife’s or husband’s chronic conditions were unrelated to the likelihood of gray divorce. Rather, factors traditionally associated with divorce among younger adults were also salient for older adults. Marital duration, marital quality, home ownership, and wealth were negatively related to the risk of gray divorce. </p> </div><div class="section"> <a class="named-anchor" id="s4"> <!-- named anchor --> </a> <h5 class="section-title" id="d6700228e158">Discussion</h5> <p id="d6700228e160">Gray divorce is especially likely to occur among couples who are socially and economically disadvantaged, raising new questions about the consequences of gray divorce for individual health and well-being. </p> </div>

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                Journal
                The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences
                GERONB
                Oxford University Press (OUP)
                1079-5014
                1758-5368
                December 16 2016
                : gbw164
                Article
                10.1093/geronb/gbw164
                6093363
                27986850
                c8bf509b-ced1-45d4-9c70-135aa8ffee04
                © 2016
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