Data from European countries participating in the Generations and Gender Surveys showed
that mean loneliness scores of older adults are higher in Eastern than in Western European …

This study focuses on the influence of objective living conditions on the life satisfaction of
older Europeans living alone from a gender and cross-national perspective. The data were …

The first demographic transition started in many Western industrialized societies around the
latter part of the nineteenth century with steady mortality improvement. Expectation of life at …

This article analyses women's retirement income in the context of two distinct welfare states.
In addition to women's employment history, we consider their marital history over the life …

Purpose: Due to population aging, the need for long-term institutional care is increasing. We
study the potentially modifiable sociodemographic factors that affect the rate of entry into and …

We investigate mortality differentials by marital status among older age groups using a
database of mortality rates by marital status at ages 40 and over for seven European …

De façon contrastée, les pays à plus forte mortalité (en Afrique notamment), se trouvent dans
des contextes bien différents: en termes de transitions démographiques et …

The number of elderly persons living alone is increasing and their influence on the housing
market is getting larger. This paper investigates the effect of the loss of a spouse on housing …

Älter werden wir nicht allein, sondern gemeinsam mit anderen Menschen. Im Verlauf des
Lebens sind wir in ein Netz sozialer Beziehungen eingebettet: zu Eltern, Freunden …

The purpose of the present study was to examine the differences at quality of life and
loneliness between elderly people. Data were collected from 180 persons aged 60-93 years …