Yeah this sort of analysis really requires survey data. As a widowed male, i gained an appreciation of the complexity of things. I’m not dating someone young e

Yeah this sort of analysis really requires survey data. As a widowed male, i gained an appreciation of the complexity of things. I’m not dating someone young enough to be my daughter, so the pool of available women consists of divorcees, widows, long-term single and various flavors of married and dating. Divorced people and widows have strong incentives, as spousal support and survivors benefits for children are contingent on not being re-married. Also, if you’re not planning to have children with a partner and have money that’s worth litigating over, (or property that was your late spouse that should go to a child) marriage complicates that.