After a separation or a divorce, do not drop yibao (医保 — basic medical insurance), and do not get through it on alcohol
Grade AMedium benefitLifespanFreeLittle timeSome willpower
People who are separated or divorced have a clearly higher chance of dying early than people who are still married. The rise is larger for men, and for people who are younger. This is not necessarily caused by the divorce. People who divorce may already have been different in health and in income. What you can hold yourself is this: do not let yibao lapse, and do not get through it on tobacco and alcohol.
- Cost
- No money. Keep yibao going, and stop the alcohol. The hard part is that this stretch makes it easy to get through the days on alcohol.
- Benefit
- 32 studies that registered people first and then followed them, taken together, covering over 6500000 people, 160000 deaths, over 755000 divorces, and 11 countries. Compared with people who were still married, separated or divorced adults had a clearly higher risk of dying early. For men, and for people who were younger, the rise was clearer than for women and for older people. The authors discuss possible paths. The first is social selection: people whose health or circumstances were already different are more likely to reach a divorce. The second is resources cut off: income and coverage stop. The third is a change in health behavior: tobacco, alcohol, and the daily schedule get worse. The fourth is chronic psychological stress (tight for a long time).
- Notes
- The original text only says "clearly higher" and gives the group comparisons. It does not give a multiple that can be quoted, so no specific figure is written here. The size of the benefit is set at medium, on the rule "the direction is known, and there is no drop large enough to fit a threshold." Property, debts, and betrothal gifts at divorce are in section 8 and section 10. The arrangement for raising a child is in section 10, item 23 (the divorce agreement writes the child support and the visits clearly).
Sources · 1
- Sbarra DA, et al. (2011). Divorce and Death: A Meta-Analysis and Research Agenda for Clinical, Social, and Health Psychology. Perspectives on Psychological Science. doi.org/10.1177/1745691611414724