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July 22, 2004
Role of widows in society
Widowed women accounted for 45 per cent of all women older than 65. Senior widows outnumbered senior widowers by four to one.
Women have a life expectancy of 81 years, compared to 75 years for men, so women are expected increasingly to live alone in their senior years.
CBC News: Widowhood difficult financially: Statistics Canada
Posted by thdyck on July 22, 2004
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