12, 44 Moreover, losing a spouse is found to be closely related to dietary decline in older people and thereby represents a risk for undernutrition.
A higher age, longer stay in the hospital and absence of a spouse were found to be associated with a higher risk of all three types of long-term care.
In logistic regression [see Table 2], place of delivery and disclosure of HIV status with their spouse were found to have association (p-value < 0.05) for those who practiced recommended way of infant feeding practice (EBF and ERF) with COR = 4.98 (95% CI = 1.77-14.01), COR = 3.13 (95% CI = 1.09-8.91) COR = 29.36 (95% CI = 2.91-296.4).
However in the context of pre-marital tests this was often compulsory ("a law of the church") and could impede the marriage celebration if one of the spouses was found to be infected.
If one of these grounds could not be proved, or if both spouses were found to be at fault, then the unhappy couple was forced to stay married.
A 2012 study by D'Alessio on the effects of conjugal visits compared instances of rape and other sexual offenses in prisons than allowed conjugal visits with those that didn't, and not surprisingly, prisoners that got to sleep with their spouses were found to be a lot less likely to turn on other inmates.
The spouses who accepted the adoption project proposed by his/her partner were found in Clusters 1 and 2. Spouses who hesitated were mainly in Cluster 1, whose adoption communication was closed and delayed.
Using the Bonferroni correction, the average age of the elderly living in spouse-only households was found to be significantly lower than that for the other three groups: three-generation households (p = 0.002); children-only households (p < 0.001); and living-alone households (p = 0.010).
Less time spent with the husband could also be related to younger age at marriage but no previous studies were found on association of exact number of hours spent with spouse and depression, although it was found that the prevalence of domestic violence which has an association with depression [ 7, 13], is less among couples who communicated and made joint decisions [ 32].
