So the average age at widowhood for black and Hispanic women is 54.

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One of the saddest characteristics of Sri Lankan society is the high incidence of widowhood, because of the violence.

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Her widowhood was long, after Richard was killed in a car accident in 1975, but she never thought of replacing him.

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Because women have longer life expectancies and often marry men several years older than themselves, periods of widowhood of 15 years or longer are not uncommon.

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The average age of widowhood is 56 and according to the 2000 Census women are more than four times more likely to be widowed than men.

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Chowdhury was motivated in part to create the game due to what she describes as "gamer widowhood" -- where men abandon their wives to play video games night and day.

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To some 36 million people, nearly one American in every six, the Social Security system now provides a monthly check promising that old age, widowhood or disabling injury will not throw them into poverty.

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Her very presence seemed to irk married women of her age, not because they saw her as a threat but, rather, because her widowhood and loneliness reminded them that they could end up like her.

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No matter: the elderly, and many of the young, have been convinced that they have a right to Social Security payments high enough to maintain a comfortable standard of living despite old age, widowhood or disability, and this right is every bit as inalienable as the rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

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