THE TELEGRAPH: Rise in women over the age of 65 getting married to avoid spending a long retirement alone

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Debora Price, Professor of social gerontology at Manchester University said: "Over the past 20 years we have seen divorce growing in popularity among younger women, so many more women are ageing as divorced women. 

"There is therefore more variation in the sort of women who are remarrying later in life.

"There are also many more opportunities for divorced people to go out and meet each other."

Period14 Mar 2017

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  • TitleRise in women over the age of 65 getting married to avoid spending a long retirement alone
    Media name/outletThe Telegraph
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date14/03/17
    DescriptionDebora Price, Professor of social gerontology at Manchester University said: "Over the past 20 years we have seen divorce growing in popularity among younger women, so many more women are ageing as divorced women.

    "There is therefore more variation in the sort of women who are remarrying later in life.

    "There are also many more opportunities for divorced people to go out and meet each other."
    URLwww.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/14/rise-women-age-65-getting-married-avoid-spending-long-retirement/
    PersonsDebora Price
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Keywords

  • ageing
  • women
  • retirement