| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| In most countries, elderly women ______ than elderly men. | live a few years longer are mistreated less suffer fewer health problems deal with issues of aging better |
| America’s baby Boomer generation has contributed to all of the following except: | improved medical technology Social Security’s vulnerability Medicaid being in danger of going bankrupt rising Medicare budgets |
| The measure that compares the number of men to women in a population is ______. | sex ratio cohort baby Boomer disengagement |
| The “graying of the United States” refers to ________. | the increasing percentage of the population over sixty-five years old faster aging due to stress dissatisfaction with retirement plans increased health problems such as Alzheimer’s |
| What is the approximate median age of the United States? | thirty-seven eighty-five sixty-five eighteen |
The content of this course has been taken from the free Sociology textbook by Openstax
