Income and Personal Resources: Correlates of Psychological Adjustment to Widowhood

Authors

Martha N. Ozawa, Washington University, St. Louis
Susan Whitelaw Downs, Washington University, St. Louis
Daniel Frigo, Washington University, St. Louis

Abstract

This study investigates factors that may determine the level of psychological adjustment to widowhood. Independent variables considered in this study are income and human capital. The population from which the study's sample was drawn consists of all nonremarried widows with at least one child receiving survivor benefits from social security in 1978 (N=3,041). The results support the importance of human capital variables for their predictive power. On the other hand, family income has not been found statistically significant. The source of data for this study is the 1978 Survey of Survivor Families with Children conducted by the Social Security Administration.

Recommended Citation

Ozawa, Martha N.; Downs, Susan Whitelaw; and Frigo, Daniel (1984) "Income and Personal Resources: Correlates of Psychological Adjustment to Widowhood," The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare: Vol. 11: Iss. 3, Article 8.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15453/0191-5096.1666
Available at: https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/jssw/vol11/iss3/8