cohabitation
concepts
divorce
divorced person
family characteristics
Marital status is closely linked to health, with married people being healthiest, then the never married and the widowed, and then with the poorest health, the divorced. The supposition is that the married are more socially integrated, have stronger social networks and higher self-esteem. [Source: The Sage Dictionary of Health and Society; Marital Status]
marital status
marriage
married person
polygamy
separated person
single parents
single person
unmarried person
widowed person
widowhood