Partnership history and health and mortality in later life: an analysis of record linkage data from England and Wales • Emily Grundy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine ; Cecilia Tomassini, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine ; Sabya Farooq, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Widowhood, institutionalisation and death • Michel Poulain, Université Catholique de Louvain

Impact of separation and divorce on professional activity in France • Elisabeth Algava, Ministère de la Santé et de la Protection Sociale ; Carole Bonnet, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED) ; Anne Solaz, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED)

The status of widows and widowhood rituals in West Africa: a critical review of anthropological knowledge • Anne Attané, Université de Provence

Gender-specific economic consequences of union dissolution at the medium term • Dorien Manting, Netherlands Institute for Spatial Research ; Anne Marthe Bouman, Statistics Netherlands