Spousal Lifespan Correlations

Risks & contraindications

Comparisons

Evidence quality

Highlighted claims

• Maximum spouse age at death had an R-squared of 0.0564 in simple regression. — Data Mining of Online Genealogy Datasets for Revealing Lifespan Patterns in Human Population
• Spousal correlations may be influenced by widowhood, assortative mating, shared environment, or other confounding factors. — Data Mining of Online Genealogy Datasets for Revealing Lifespan Patterns in Human Population
• Spousal lifespan correlations were statistically significant and slightly larger than most parent and grandparent correlations. — Data Mining of Online Genealogy Datasets for Revealing Lifespan Patterns in Human Population
• The spousal lifespan findings were interpreted as consistent with widow-effect literature, but the study did not directly measure bereavement timing. — Data Mining of Online Genealogy Datasets for Revealing Lifespan Patterns in Human Population