Food Security and Health Outcomes following Gray Divorce

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dc.citation.issue5
dc.citation.volume16
dc.contributor.authorZhao, Hang
dc.contributor.authorAndreyeva, Tatiana
dc.contributor.authorSun, Xiaohan
dc.contributor.avlauthorZhao, Hang
dc.contributor.avlauthorSun, Xiaohan
dc.contributor.departmentBusiness and Economics
dc.contributor.departmentComputer and Information Science
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-06T13:56:36Z
dc.date.available2024-08-06T13:56:36Z
dc.date.issued2024-02-24
dc.description.abstractThe study evaluates the immediate and long-term consequences of gray divorce (i.e., marital dissolution after age 50) for the food security, depression, and disability of older Americans. Staggered Difference-in-Difference models were fitted to a nationally representative longitudinal sample of adults aged ≥ 50 years from the Health and Retirement Study, 1998–2018. Food insecurity and disability increase in the year of gray divorce and remain significantly elevated for up to six years or more following the event, consistent with the chronic strain model of gray divorce. Gray divorce has particularly adverse consequences for the food security of older women, while no gender differences were observed for disability. Increasing trends in gray divorce have important negative implications for food security and health of older Americans, particularly women, who appear to be less prepared to financially withstand a marital collapse in older age. Targeted policies to provide nutrition assistance and support in reemployment might be necessary to reduce the burden of food insecurity in the wake of gray divorce among women.
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dc.identifier.article633
dc.identifier.citationZhao, Hang, Tatiana Andreyeva, and Xiaohan Sun. 2024. "Food Security and Health Outcomes following Gray Divorce" Nutrients 16, no. 5: 633. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16050633
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/nu16050633
dc.identifier.issn2072-6643
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10456/58191
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherMDPI
dc.relation.ispartofNutrients
dc.relation.isversionofhttps://doi.org/10.3390/nu16050633
dc.rightsCopyright: © 2024 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ 4.0/).
dc.subjectGray divorce
dc.subjectFood insecurity
dc.subjectDepression
dc.subjectActivities of daily living (ADLs)
dc.titleFood Security and Health Outcomes following Gray Divorce
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