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Work Disability among Women: The Role of Divorce in a Retrospective Cohort Study.
- Source :
- Journal of Health & Social Behavior; Mar2016, Vol. 57 Issue 1, p98-117, 20p, 8 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- We assess how divorce through midlife affects the subsequent probability of work-limiting health among U.S. women. Using retrospective marital and work disability histories from the Survey of Income and Program Participation matched to Social Security earnings records, we identify women whose first marriage dissolved between 1975 and 1984 (n = 1,214) and women who remain continuously married (n = 3,394). Probit and propensity score matching models examine the cumulative probability of a work disability over a 20-year follow-up period. We find that divorce is associated with a significantly higher cumulative probability of a work disability, controlling for a range of factors. This association is strongest among divorced women who do not remarry. No consistent relationships are observed among divorced women who remarry and remained married. We find that economic hardship, work history, and selection into divorce influence, but do not substantially alter, the lasting impact of divorce on work-limiting health. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- DIVORCED women
WOMEN with disabilities
RETROSPECTIVE studies
COHORT analysis
MIDDLE-aged women
SOCIAL Security (United States)
HARDSHIP
EMPLOYMENT
HEALTH
COMPARATIVE studies
DIVORCE
HEALTH status indicators
INCOME
MARITAL status
RESEARCH methodology
MEDICAL cooperation
PEOPLE with disabilities
RESEARCH
SOCIAL security
EVALUATION research
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00221465
- Volume :
- 57
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Health & Social Behavior
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 113593345
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0022146515627849