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Title: Why Are So Many Older Women Poor? Late-Life Events or Life-Long Circumstances?
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Choudhury, Sharmila |
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Why Are So Many Older Women Poor? Late-Life Events or Life-Long Circumstances? Presented: Washington, DC, Population Association of America Meetings, March 1997 Cohort(s): Mature Women Publisher: Population Association of America Keyword(s): Age and Ageing; Event History; Income; Life Cycle Research; Poverty; Widows Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This paper analyzes the circumstances that explain the large numbers of aged women in poverty. Previous research has found that advanced age, widowhood, and living alone are important determinants of aged poverty. Central to many of these explanations is the view that older women become poor due to particular events that occur in old age. However, many women who encounter these events never experience poverty. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Mature Women, this paper examines the nature,incidence, and length of poverty spells of women as they age in order to understand the precursors of late-life poverty. The results indicate the extent to which aged poverty is an extension of early-life poverty conditions rather than a consequence of late-life negative shocks to income. Emphasis is placed on the identification of early-life predictors of poverty in old age and in determining which women are particularly at risk. |
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Choudhury, Sharmila. "Why Are So Many Older Women Poor? Late-Life Events or Life-Long Circumstances?" Presented: Washington, DC, Population Association of America Meetings, March 1997. |