Home after widowhood: a longitudinal study of residential mobility and housing preferences following a partner’s death
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Home after widowhood : a longitudinal study of residential mobility and housing preferences following a partner’s death. / Egsgaard, Aske.
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T1 - Home after widowhood
T2 - a longitudinal study of residential mobility and housing preferences following a partner’s death
AU - Egsgaard, Aske
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2022 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - Within the housing literature, questions regarding the residential mobility and housing choice of people who have recently transitioned into widowhood remain unanswered–especially when it comes to the differences between widows and widowers. This article utilizes unique Danish administrative panel data to investigate these questions through a case observing and following all widows and widowers between 50 and 90 years of age over a 25-year period. The results show that while both widows and widowers are significantly more likely to move in the years following a partner’s death, but also that widows are more residentially mobile than widowers. Furthermore, the results show that the transition into widowhood increases widows’ likelihood to move closer to their adult children, while both widows and widowers are more likely to downsize following a move. These results indicate that the death of a partner affects the residential situation of men and women differently, even within a Danish context that strongly emphasizes gender equality.
AB - Within the housing literature, questions regarding the residential mobility and housing choice of people who have recently transitioned into widowhood remain unanswered–especially when it comes to the differences between widows and widowers. This article utilizes unique Danish administrative panel data to investigate these questions through a case observing and following all widows and widowers between 50 and 90 years of age over a 25-year period. The results show that while both widows and widowers are significantly more likely to move in the years following a partner’s death, but also that widows are more residentially mobile than widowers. Furthermore, the results show that the transition into widowhood increases widows’ likelihood to move closer to their adult children, while both widows and widowers are more likely to downsize following a move. These results indicate that the death of a partner affects the residential situation of men and women differently, even within a Danish context that strongly emphasizes gender equality.
KW - ageing
KW - housing preference
KW - J14
KW - R21
KW - R23
KW - Residential mobility
KW - widowhood
U2 - 10.1080/02673037.2022.2135169
DO - 10.1080/02673037.2022.2135169
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85141382186
JO - Housing Studies
JF - Housing Studies
SN - 0267-3037
ER -
ID: 326458963