I thought the higher death rate of men would show up in the data.
Where? these are just percentages.
One of the deleted comments pointed out that married men live longer and that the numbers of old parents are really only old surviving parents. So if you took death into account, the gap would widen. I think this effect is small, though, since “old” is defined as 45+, a wide range.
Where? these are just percentages.
One of the deleted comments pointed out that married men live longer and that the numbers of old parents are really only old surviving parents. So if you took death into account, the gap would widen. I think this effect is small, though, since “old” is defined as 45+, a wide range.