Marital status, living arrangements, and mortality in middle and older age in Europe
Zueras Castillo, Pilar (Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics)
Rutigliano, Roberta (University of Groningen)
Trias-Llimós, Sergi (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine)

Date:	2020
Abstract:	Objectives: We study the role of marital status and living arrangements in mortality among a 50? population living in Europe by gender and welfare states. Methods: Using data from waves 4, 5, and 6 of the Survey of Health Age and Retirement in Europe (n = 54,171), we implemented Cox proportional hazard models by gender and age groups (50-64 and 65-84). We estimated pooled models and separated models for two regions representing different welfare states (South-East and North-West). Results: Among people aged 50-64, nonpartnered individuals (except never-married women) showed a higher mortality risk as compared with those partnered. Among the older population (65-84), divorce was associated with higher mortality among men, but not among women, and living with someone other than a partner was associated with higher mortality risk as compared to those partnered. In the South-East region living with a partner at ages 50-64 was associated with lower mortality. Conclusions: Partnership and residential status are complementary for understanding the role of family dimensions in mortality. The presence of a partner is mortality protective, especially among 50-64-year-old men in South-East Europe.
Grants:	Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte CAS18/00152 Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad CSO2017-89721-R
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Mortality differences ; Marital status ; Partnership status ; Living arrangements ; Family systems ; Welfare states ; Europe
Published in:	International journal of public health, Vol. 65 Núm. 5 (2020) , p. 627-636, ISSN 1661-8556

DOI: 10.1007/s00038-020-01371-w
PMID: 32350551

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