2026-10-14T15:41:53Z https://www.scidb.cn/oai

10.57760/sciencedb.34652 2026-04-24T15:50:36Z

2026-04-24 Would you cry if I died? Gender differences in the effects of spousal loss on life satisfaction in Colombia doi:10.57760/sciencedb.34652 en This study examines the masculinity gender norm “boys do not cry", implying that men are expected to suppress or conceal emotions related to sadness, depression, or grief. The objective is to investigate how this gender norm affects reported life satisfaction as a response of spousal loss, one of the most traumatic events in people’s lives. To this end, we study the Colombian case, which exhibits a notable bias in the Gender Social Norms Index, using the 2022 Quality of Life Survey and identifying individuals who experienced a recent spousal loss as those most directly exposed to the gender norm.  Colombia; Economics of happiness; gender norms; mourning period Roberto Mauricio Sanchez-Torres PUBLIC https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ dataset Science Data Bank