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Late-life divorce and housing changes among older men and women in Sweden
Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Human Geography.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8473-8031
Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Human Geography.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9365-6951
Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology, Stockholm University Demography Unit (SUDA).ORCID iD: 0000-0002-0051-1471
Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology, Stockholm University Demography Unit (SUDA). Södertörn University, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3442-9377
Number of Authors: 42025 (English)In: Housing Studies, ISSN 0267-3037, E-ISSN 1466-1810Article in journal (Refereed) Epub ahead of print
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As societies age and late-life divorce becomes more common, older adult divorcees will constitute an increasingly important demographic group. Yet, divorce for older adults differs from mid-life divorce. In this paper, we look at housing tenure transitions around the time of divorce and examine the extent to which housing patterns observed for late-life divorce resemble those among mid-life divorcees. We use Swedish register data to analyze housing shifts during divorce for older adults aged 60–78. Using data on the discontinuation of marriages or civil partnerships between 1995 and 2013, we identify 30,000 late-life divorces. We analyze gender differences in the probability of residential mobility and the likelihood of ownership and rental tenure. We find that women are more likely to move. Our study also highlights gender differences in the effects of late-life divorce on homeownership, showing that women are more likely to be tenant owners, while men are more likely to be owners of single-family housing units.

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2025.
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ageing, Divorce, gender inequalities, housing, internal migration, residential mobility
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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-246102DOI: 10.1080/02673037.2025.2517081ISI: 001511137100001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105008322673OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-246102DiVA, id: diva2:1992682
Available from: 2025-08-28 Created: 2025-08-28 Last updated: 2025-08-28

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