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Males Age Females Age
WidowedDivorced orseparated
Marriedspouse present
Never married
4.6 4.11.8
4.8 5.5 5.4
79.0
69.5
47.551.4
28.1
8.87.25.26.1
8.55.2
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45.6
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61.1
82.4
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census (1992)
Marital Status of Elders by Age and Sex, United States, 1991
30
With personof same sex36.6%
Separated fromsame-sex relationship13.8%
Widowed fromsame-sex relationship5%
Widowed fromheterosexual marriage2.5%
Heterosexualmarriage5%
Not in a relationship21.3%
Separated fromheterosexual13.8%
Relationship Status of Self-Identified Lesbians and Gay Men over Fifty Years Old
Health and Psychological Well-Being in 1991, by 1977 Importance of Being a Religious Person
Self-RatedHealth
1977 Importance of Being Religious
ImportantUnimportant
Note: *Mean differences significant at the .05 level or better, using t-tests.Source: Atchley (1997).
FunctionalHealth Morale
4.14.0
4.54.4
32.932.8
1991 Mean Scores
Rating of Life in Retirement
84.4*80.2
• Retirement becomes a major decision with financial, social and psychological aspects.
• Older adults must cope with losses.
• Erikson’s crisis of integrity vs despair
• Life review may take place at this time or earlier.
• Ageism may impair the progress of the older adult.
• Retirement becomes a major decision with financial, social and psychological aspects.
• Older adults must cope with losses.
• Erikson’s crisis of integrity vs despair
• Life review may take place at this time or earlier.
• Ageism may impair the progress of the older adult.
Summary of Psychosocial Development in Late Adulthood