The Duration of Widowhood and its Impacts on Economic status among the elderly in Taiwan

• Main Authors: Hsu,Chiawen, 許嘉紋
• Other Authors: Tung,HoJui
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/22628578255199424006

碩士 === 亞洲大學 === 健康產業管理學系長期照護組 === 101 === Objectives：This study examines the relationship between the duration of widowhood and economic status of widowers. The economic status measures of those who had widowed for more than 8 years, those widowed less than 8 years and those stayed married were compared. Methods：Data were from the national level secondary data. Widowhood information was derived from the 1996 wave and the 1999, 2003, and 2007 follow-up surveys. Economic measures were calculated from the 2007 follow-up survey. A total of 2559 participants were included and logistic regressions were conducted to examine whether the duration of widowhood was related to low-income status in 2007. Result ：Results showed that, among the male elders, being widowed for more than 8 years were 4.46 times more likely to have a low-income status in 2007 and being widowed for less than 8 years were 2.17 times more likely to have a low-income status in 2007, when compared to those stay married. For female elders, being widowed for more than 8 years were 4.62 times more likely to have a low-income status in 2007 and being widowed for less than 8 years were 4.89 times more likely to have a low-income status in 2007, when compared to those stay married. More important, female elders who were born before 1931 were 2.81 times more likely to have a low-income status in 2007, when compared to female elders born after 1942. Conclusions ：Widowhood has significant impacts on older Taiwanese’s economic security and female widowers are more vulnerable of falling into a low-income than their male counterpart.