Longevity in age-heterogamous marriages.
A post facto analysis was conducted to study the relationship between longevity and age-heterogamous marriages with data from 776 cemetery records. A significant positive linear relationship was found between age difference and age at death of men. No significant relationship was found for women.
Department of Behavioral Sciences, Athens State College AL 35611, USA.
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D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008136:Longevity; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012737:Sex Factors; D018454:Spouses / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013714:Tennessee