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Where Will Grandma Live? Reduced income during the golden years may make it difficult for elderly woman to live comfortably, according to the White House Mini-Conference on Older Women. The mini-conference concluded: • The average age of widowhood is 56. • Two-thirds of all widows live alone. • One-third of all widows earn below poverty level. • Three-fifths of all women over 65 are unmarried. • Eighty percent of retirement age women have no access to private pensions. • Less than 10 percent of widows receive pension survivor’s benefits. • Women retire on less than half of what men do. • More than 2/3 of nursing home residents are female.
• Woman liye, pn the average, to age 83.
84.6%