2022
DOI: 10.1007/s10834-022-09846-z
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Financial Disagreements and Money Management Among Older Married and Cohabiting Couples in Sweden

Abstract: This study investigates how partners’ money management strategies are associated with the experience of financial disagreements among older couples (60–80 years old). Money management is a broad concept, and this study operationalizes whether the partners pool all money, the partners pool some money, one partner manages the money (and gives a share to the other partner for personal spending), or the partners keep all money separate. The data comprise a subsample from the Swedish Generations and Gender Survey f… Show more

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“…Earlier research has shown that money organization is related to many dimensions of relationship quality (e.g., LeBaron et al, 2019). For example, in Sweden, older couples who pool all money seldom report financial disagreements (Kridahl & Duvander, 2023), and in the United States, joint bank accounts have been shown to relate to stronger feelings of intimacy (Addo & Sassler, 2010). To fully understand how older individuals' and their partners' status as working or being retired relate to relationship satisfaction, we need to consider whether partners pool household money (Dew, 2008).…”
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“…Earlier research has shown that money organization is related to many dimensions of relationship quality (e.g., LeBaron et al, 2019). For example, in Sweden, older couples who pool all money seldom report financial disagreements (Kridahl & Duvander, 2023), and in the United States, joint bank accounts have been shown to relate to stronger feelings of intimacy (Addo & Sassler, 2010). To fully understand how older individuals' and their partners' status as working or being retired relate to relationship satisfaction, we need to consider whether partners pool household money (Dew, 2008).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Allocation of partners' money may thus be of greater importance for relationship quality. However, not all older couples pool all of their money; often, they pool part of their money (Kridahl & Duvander, 2023; for younger couples, see, e.g., Evans & Gray, 2021; Lim & Morgan, 2021).…”
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