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Lessons from history: Surviving old age during The Great Depression in the United States
Authors:Sarah H. Matthews  Ruth E. Dunkle
Affiliation:1. Department of Sociology, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH 44115, United States;2. School of Social Work, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, United States
Abstract:This paper focuses on 30 couples who received a pension and other services from two private trusts in Detroit, Michigan beginning in 1929 or 1930. Results of the qualitative analysis of case files, which contain notes recorded chronologically for 17 of the couples and then surviving spouses, provide a portrait of older couples' lives prior to a partner's death, circumstances surrounding the death, and changes in the social support systems of widows and widowers until their deaths. Close examination of the experiences of these couples is a reminder of how old age and widowhood were experienced prior to the enactment of public pensions and health insurance in the United States.
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