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Males Age Females Age

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Marriedspouse present

Never married

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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

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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

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32.932.8

1991 Mean Scores

Rating of Life in Retirement

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• 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