How Does the Age Gap between Partners Effect the Women’s Longevity

Abstract

This study is done in the Koplik city population.Kopliku is a small city,in the north of Albania.It is build a database for 19200 inhabitants of the Kopliku Municipality,where it is included the year of birth,year of marriage and the year of death.From this database are taken datas for 764 couples,who are married since 1870-2012 and all the women are dead.From these datas, by using linear regression methods,it is studied the effect of age gap between partners,on marriage time in the longevity of women.The mean age at marriage for men in these couples is 26.1 years old,and for women is 19.5 years old.The spousal age gap on marriage time for 764 couples is   = 6.6 and the average life expectancy is  =67.41.In general, for all couples who are taken into consideration,men in time of their marriage,are older,than their wives,so the opposite case,how a younger man influence the woman’s longevity can not be studied,because such marriages in Koplik city,don’t exist.The equation of linear regression,that shows functional connection between the age gap of partners  and women’s longevity is: ?? = 62.281- 0,1287 X? .These parametres are connected with each-other with a regression percentage about 0.22 %,which is not significative.This study concludes than being married with older husbant,for women has no effect in their longevity,otherwise for men, being older than their wives,has positive influence in their longevity and has increased the longevity.

Key words.Koplik,interspousal age gap,linear regression,effect,longevity