Gender and Social Isolation across the Life Course

• Published in: Journal of health and social behavior Vol. 63; no. 3; pp. 319 - 335
• Main Authors: Umberson, Debra, Lin, Zhiyong, Cha, Hyungmin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA Sage Publications, Inc 01.09.2022; SAGE Publications; American Sociological Association
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adolescent girls; Adolescents; Dementia; Dementia disorders; Female; Gender; Gender aspects; Gender differences; Humans; Leo G. Reeder Award Paper; Life Change Events; Life course; Male; Marriage; Men; Sex differences; Sex Factors; Side effects; Social interactions; Social Isolation; Social networks; Well being; Women; relationships; social isolation; aging; gender; life course

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...