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A Profile of Older Americans: 2002
Marital Status
In
2001, older men were much more likely to be married as older
women--73% of men, 41% of women (Figure 2). Almost
half of all older women in 2001 were widows (46%). There
were over four times as many widows (8.49
million) as widowers (2.0 million).
Divorced
and separated (including married-spouse absent) older persons
represented only 10% of all older persons in 2001. However,
this percentage has increased significantly since 1990, when
approximately 7% of the older population were divorced or
separated/spouse absent.
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