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Question 45 (1 point)

All of the following are related to active life expectancy for minorities except:

Question 45 options:

	1) they are less likely to have health insurance.
	2) they are more likely to engage in a physical fitness program.
	3) they are more likely to be employed at jobs where there is greater risk of injury.
	4) they are more likely to engage in behaviors like smoking.

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Question 46 (1 point)

One of the recommendations to preserve Social Security is to raise the normal retirement age. A consequence of raising it is that:

Question 46 options:

	1) fewer people will receive its benefits than before.
	2) it could worsen racial and ethnic inequality among older Americans.
	3) more elderly people will fall below the poverty level than before.
	4) companies will suffer due to the increasing average age of their employees.

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Question 47 (1 point)

A women's risk of poverty ________ if she gets a divorce.

Question 47 options:

	1) increases
	2) decreases
	3) stays the same
	4) increases and decreases

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Question 48 (1 point)

In comparison with the types of diseases that caused deaths among older people in the United States in the nineteenth century, one of the major causes of death among people 65 years and older today is _____.

Question 48 options:

	1) pneumonia
	2) diphtheria
	3) tuberculosis
	4) cancer

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Question 49 (1 point)

Functional age may be measured by:

Question 49 options:

	1) reduced skin elasticity.
	2) diminished long-term memory.
	3) speech defect.
	4) level of activity.

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Question 45.

Answer. 2) they are more likely to engage in physical fitness program.

Active life expectancy is the average healthy life of a given population on the basis of some criteria.It is related to the ability to perform one's responsibilities , be economically productive and being in a healthy condition both physically and mentally.

Question 46.

Answer. 3) more elderly people will fall below the poverty level than before

If the normal retirement age is raised , people will be employed for longer time of their age,giving more economic independency. This will assure economic Independence of elderly and few will be there below poverty level.

Question 47

Answer. 1) increases.

As most of the women lose their health insurance after divorce,also disability is one of the reasons for divorce,hence, the divorce increases the chances of poverty among women.

Question 48

Answer. 4) Cancer

Cancer is the chronic illness that has emerged as the major cause of death among people of age 65 years and above in USA

Question 49

Answer. 4) level of activity

Functional age is the ability or the age till which the person remain physically active and healthy.