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contexts > demography > family characteristics > marital status
contexts > population characteristics > demography > family characteristics > marital status
... > contexts > population characteristics > health > public health > epidemiologic measurements > demography > family characteristics > marital status
contexts > population characteristics > socioeconomic factors > family characteristics > marital status

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marital status  

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  • Marital status is closely linked to health, with married people being healthiest, then the never married and the widowed, and then with the poorest health, the divorced. The supposition is that the married are more socially integrated, have stronger social networks and higher self-esteem. [Source: The Sage Dictionary of Health and Society; Marital Status]

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