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.
Williams
C L
CL
Department of Behavioral Sciences, Athens State College AL 35611, USA.
Durm
M W
MW
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