Immigration Background and the Widowhood Effect on Mortality.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Widowhood is a stressful life event with one of the most profound negative effects on health and longevity. Immigrant populations are growing and aging throughout Western nations, and marginalization and cultural differences may make some immigrants especially vulnerable to the stressors of widowhood. However, studies have yet to systematically explore whether the widowhood effect differs between immigrant and native-born individuals.

Methods

Using Danish population register data from 1980 to 2014, this study assesses whether the relationship between widowhood and mortality differs between immigrants from 10 countries and native-born Danes aged 50 and older at 0-2, 3-5, and 6 and more years post-widowhood.

Results

We find that immigrant men are at higher ri

SUBMITTER: Caputo J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8599013 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature