Divorce and Women's Risk of Health Insurance Loss

This article bridges the literatures on the economic consequences of divorce for women with that on marital transitions and health by focusing on women's health insurance. Using a monthly calendar of marital status and health insurance coverage from 1,442 women in the Survey of Income and Progr...

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Published in:Journal of health and social behavior 2012-12, Vol.53 (4), p.413-431
Main Authors: Lavelle, Bridget, Smock, Pamela J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Analysis. Health state
Biological and medical sciences
Children
Coverage
Divorce
Divorce - economics
Economics
Employee benefits
Employer provided health insurance
Employment - economics
Epidemiology
Female
Females
Fringe Benefits
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
General aspects
Health
Health Insurance
Health risks
Health Services Accessibility - economics
Health Services Needs and Demand - economics
Health Status
Humans
Illness and personality
Income
Insurance coverage
Insurance Coverage - economics
Insurance, Health - economics
Labor Force Nonparticipants
Marital Instability
Marital Status
Marriage
Medical sciences
Medical Services
Participation
Personality, behavior and health
Psychology and medicine
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Risk
Smocks
Social behavior
Social Contexts and Women's Health
Socioeconomic Factors
Stress, Psychological
Studies
Surveys
Uninsured people
Women
Women's Health - economics
Women's issues
Womens health
Womens Health Care
Working women
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Summary:This article bridges the literatures on the economic consequences of divorce for women with that on marital transitions and health by focusing on women's health insurance. Using a monthly calendar of marital status and health insurance coverage from 1,442 women in the Survey of Income and Program Participation, we examine how women's health insurance changes after divorce. Our estimates suggest that roughly 115,000 American women lose private health insurance annually in the months following divorce and that roughly 65,000 of these women become uninsured. The loss of insurance coverage we observe is not just a short-term disruption. Women's rates of insurance coverage remain depressed for more than two years after divorce. Insurance loss may compound the economic losses women experience after divorce and contribute to as well as compound previously documented health declines following divorce.
ISSN:0022-1465
2150-6000
DOI:10.1177/0022146512465758