Human Growth and Development / Unit 16 HGD 2274 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Widowhood
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The idea
Widowhood is the most common end of late-life relationships: among those seventy-five and older, fifty-eight percent of women and twenty-eight percent of men have been widowed.
In practice
Men suffering more emotionally after a relationship ends, and women more financially.
Where people slip
Widows' poverty has declined as later cohorts gained education and work experience; bereavement is taught fully in unit seventeen.
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