Rate of Incidence of Widowhood

Rate of incidence of widowhood at a given age is the chance that a married woman of that age becomes a widow. This is given by the proportion of widowed women at the given age among the total number of women exposed to the risk of widowhood at that age. A woman reported to be married at present is exposed to the risk of widowhood from her age at marriage, while a widow is exposed to the risk of widowhood only for the period from her marriage to her age at. widowhood. Further, if a widow remarries she is again exposed to the risk of widowhood from her age at remarriage till she is widowed again. Such remarried women may pose problems somewhat different from the problems of the once-married.