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| Title |
Gender and Social Isolation across the Life Course
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Journal of Health and Social Behavior, July 2022
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| DOI | 10.1177/00221465221109634 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Debra Umberson, Zhiyong Lin, Hyungmin Cha |
| Abstract |
Social isolation has robust adverse effects on health, well-being, dementia risk, and longevity. Although most studies suggest similar effects of isolation on the health of men and women, there has been much less attention to gendered patterns of social isolation over the life course-despite decades of research suggesting gender differences in social ties. We build on theoretical frames of constrained choice and gender-as-relational to argue that gender differences in isolation are apparent but depend on timing in the life course and marital/partnership history. Results indicate that boys/men are more isolated than girls/women through most of the life course, and this gender difference is much greater for the never married and those with disrupted relationship histories. Strikingly, levels of social isolation steadily increase from adolescence through later life for both men and women. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 135 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 36 | 27% |
| Spain | 5 | 4% |
| Canada | 3 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 1% |
| Japan | 2 | 1% |
| Israel | 2 | 1% |
| Mexico | 1 | <1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| Nigeria | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 12 | 9% |
| Unknown | 70 | 52% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 111 | 82% |
| Scientists | 16 | 12% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 6 | 4% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 1% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 55 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 55 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 9 | 16% |
| Researcher | 8 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 5 | 9% |
| Unspecified | 4 | 7% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 5% |
| Other | 7 | 13% |
| Unknown | 19 | 35% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences | 17 | 31% |
| Psychology | 8 | 15% |
| Unspecified | 2 | 4% |
| Environmental Science | 1 | 2% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 5 | 9% |
| Unknown | 21 | 38% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 148. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 23 January 2024.
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