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Reconceptualizing Health Lifestyles: The Case of Marriage

Catherine E. Ross
Terrence D. Hill
John Mirowsky

Special Social Groups, Social Factors and Disparities in Health and Health Care

ISBN: 978-1-78635-468-6, eISBN: 978-1-78635-467-9

ISSN: 0275-4959

Publication date: 8 August 2016

Abstract

Originality/value

Contrary to previous research, we conclude that the lifestyle of married adults is not uniformly healthy.

Keywords

  • Health behavior
  • Lifestyle
  • Health
  • Marriage
  • Widowhood
  • Divorce

Acknowledgements

Acknowledgments

This research was funded by a grant from the National Institute on Aging: “Reconceptualizing Socioeconomic Status and Health” to Catherine E. Ross (RO1AG035268). Data collection for the Texas Survey of Adults was funded by the RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community Service and the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Texas, Austin.

Citation

Ross, C.E., Hill, T.D. and Mirowsky, J. (2016), "Reconceptualizing Health Lifestyles: The Case of Marriage", Special Social Groups, Social Factors and Disparities in Health and Health Care (Research in the Sociology of Health Care, Vol. 34), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, pp. 243-260. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0275-495920160000034013

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