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Smaller Share of Women Ages 65 and Older Are Living Alone
Older adults living alone less likely to say they are financially comfortable than those living with others
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- Smaller Share of Women Ages 65 and Older Are Living Alone
- After rising for nearly a century, share of older women living alone is on decline
- Most older adults want to age in place
- Older adults living alone feel more financially strapped than those living with others
- Divergent trends in living alone for older men and women
- Widowhood declines as rising share of older Americans are divorced
- Share of adults ages 85 and older living alone has increased since 1990 for both men and women
- Older women more likely to live with spouse or children than in 1990; older men less likely to live with a spouse, but more likely to live with children
- Large declines in the share of older Americans ages 85 and older living in nursing homes or other group quarters since 1990
- Older adults living alone less likely to say they are financially comfortable than those living with others
- Older men living alone less satisfied than women with number of friends
- Older adults living alone have less frequent contact with grandchildren than those living with others
- Men and women living alone less likely than those living with others to say they spend more time with family as they age
- Older men living alone less likely than women to spend more time on hobbies as they age
- Older adults by age and gender
- Share of older adults by gender and age
- Marital status of older adults by age and gender