The elderly who were living without a spouse, total healthy lifestyle and social relations domain scores were less than others who were living with their spouse.
However in the first group the exercise domain score was higher.
Seo and Hah reported, living with a spouse, including variables that are associated with health promoting lifestyle behaviors.
Manzori et al. stated living with spouse had a protective role against moderate depression.
Södergren et al. found women who were married more likely to belong to healthier group, compared to single women.
The present study has a number of limitations that should be noted.
First, most participants were illiteracy and it’s an obstacle for using data sources by elderly.
Second, the use of self‑reported data may lead to measurement errors including under and over reporting of lifestyle behaviors.
Finally, data were obtained from the province, so, results of this study might not be generalizable to other groups of older adults.