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Men have lower life expectacies and also generally older than their spouses. Imo that would be a better explanation
by shultays 7y ago
Men have lower life expectacies and also generally older than their spouses. Imo that would be a better explanation
- DoreenMichele 7y agoIIRC, about 90% of the time, when someone's spouse dies, it is a woman's husband. Your stats are an excellent explanation for that statistic. But I can't see how it relates to a gender-based percentage difference in outcomes for the "widowhood effect."