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Divorce, widowhood, remarriage and geographic mobility among women*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

Emily Grundy
Emily Grundy
Affiliation:
Social Statistics Research Unit, The City University, London
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Summary

Data from the 1971 Census records included in the OPCS Longitudinal Study were used to examine the relationship between geographic mobility and marriage termination and remarriage. Remarried women had high rates of mobility and there seemed to be a clear ‘excess’ of moves made around the time of remarriage, shortly after the end of the first marriage. There was a suggestion too of a peak in movements following widowhood but no indication of excess movement at the time of de jure divorce. The data were not adequate to allow examination of moves made at the the time of separation. Additional data from linked 1971–81 Census information showed that changes of marital status were strongly associated with changes of tenure. Other characteristics of divorced, widowed and remarried women were also examined to see how they might affect their patterns of geographic movement.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 17 , Issue 4 , October 1985 , pp. 415 - 435
Copyright
Copyright © 1985, Cambridge University Press

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