Older Women Are Living Alone More And More

  • 6 years ago

New studies are finding more and more older women are living alone in their older age, rather than with men. MNN.com reports that, "In a report from the Administration on Aging, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, A Profile of Older Americans: 2016 shows that fewer than half of women over 65 lived with a partner — but almost 75 percent of men did. And the older the woman, the less likely she was to live with a spouse.

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