ARE DIVORCED MORE VULNERABLE? READING THE SIGNS OF POST-DIVORCE VULNERABILITY ON THE MEDITERRANEAN BASIN: THE CASES OF SPAIN AND ITALY.

In this paper is proposed an empirical development of a theoretical approach for the study of post-divorce that finds its conceptual basis in the context of vulnerability and its practical basis on the impact of divorce on the economics, health and general welfare of individuals. The understanding of post-divorce as a process that generates vulnerability should be considered as a new development and a necessary input to advance on its scientific knowledge from a socio-demographic perspective.
Data is drawn from the European Living Conditions Survey of 2009 (Italy and Spain databases). Binary Logistic Regression models will be applied separately for men and women to predict the odds of being divorced vs. married considering tree groups of vulnerability indicators that report the economic, health and social conditions of both populations. Such models will characterize divorced and married males and females, distinguishing how these diverse spheres of vulnerability operate in the post-divorce process in both countries.