люди, выбравшие одиночество: Richard E. Lucas and Portia S. Dyrenforth, "The Myth of Marital Bliss?" Psychological Inquiry 16 (2005): 111–15; Maike Luhmann, Wilhelm Hofmann, Michael Eid, and Richard E. Lucas, "Subjective Well-Being and Adaptation to Life Events: A Meta-Analysis," Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 102 (2012): 592–615.
«Одиночки – жертвы стереотипов»: Bella DePaulo, Singled Out: How Singles Are Stereotyped, Stigmatized, and Ignored, and Still Live Happily Ever After (New York: St. Martin's Press, 2006).
«Можете обвинять меня, если хотите»: Aaron Ben-Zeév, "Love After Death: The Widows' Romantic Predicaments," The Center for Behavioral Health, April 12, 2012: www.njpsychologist.com/blog/love-after-death-the-widows-romantic-predicaments/.
после смерти супруги мужчины находят себе новых спутниц чаще: Deborah Carr, "The Desire to Date and Remarry Among Older Widows and Widowers," Journal of Marriage and Family 66 (2004): 1051–68; Danielle S. Schneider, Paul A. Sledge, Stephen R. Schuchter, and Sidney Zisook, "Dating and Remarriage over the First Two Years of Widowhood," Annals of Clinical Psychiatry 8 (1996): 51–57; Karin Wolff and Camille B. Wortman, "Psychological Consequences of Spousal Loss Among Older Adults," in Spousal Bereavement in Late Life, ed. Deborah S. Carr, Randolph M. Nesse, and Camille B. Wortman (New York: Springer, 2005).
во многих странах: Kevin Kinsella and Victoria Averil Velkoff, "An Aging World: 2001," U.S. Census Bureau, Series P95/01-1 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 2001).
В некоторых районах Индии: Nilanjana Bhowmick, "If You're an Indian Widow, Your Children Could Kick You Out and Take Everything," Time, October 7, 2013: http://world.time.com/2013/10/07/if-youre-an-indian-widow-your-children-could-kick-you-out-and-take-everything/.
В некоторых нигерийских деревнях: Osai Ojigho, "Scrape Her Head and Lay Her Bare: Widowhood Practices and Culture," Gender Across Borders, October 28, 2011: www.genderacrossborders.com/2011/10/28/scrape-her-head-and-lay-her-bare-widowhood-practices-and-culture/.
Дискриминацию вдов отмечают: Haider Rizvi, "RIGHTS: Mistreatment of Widows a Poorly Kept Secret," IPS, June 23, 2008: www.ipsnews.net/2008/06/rights-mistreatment-of-widows-a-poorly-kept-secret/.
Во многих странах вдовам сложно: Mary Kimani, "Women Struggle to Secure Land Rights," Africa Renewal, April 2008: www.un.org/africarenewal/magazine/april-2008/women-struggle-secure-land-rights; UN Women, "Empowering Widows: An Overview of Policies and Programs in India, Nepal and Sri Lanka," по состоянию на 15 декабря 2016 г.: