Your mom and dad are approaching retirement age. What would you tell them about sex differences in retirement?
a) Women begin planning for retirement earlier than men.
b) The process of retiring is associated with a decrease in marital quality for
women, but not for men.
c) Conflicts are more likely to arise when both spouses retire at the same time,
rather than one retiring while the other continues working.
d) Part-time employment is linked to retirement satisfaction for both women and
men.
e) Expectations leading to and experiences during retirement are largely dependent on gender.
E
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a. Brazil b. Japan c. the United States d. Indonesia
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a. widespread poverty and famine b. oppression and totalitarian rule by the elite c. people seeking a new paradise on earth, purged from suffering and sin d. the fact that people were cut off from village traditions
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