Which statement best characterizes the world's aging population trends?
a. The next 50 years will see a large increase in older people throughout the world.
b. The world's population will not age as quickly as the U.S. population will.
c. Although the world's population is old now, the aging of the world's population will end soon.
d. The share of the world's population that is older will decrease in the coming years.
a. The next 50 years will see a large increase in older people throughout the world.
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According to _____, poverty results from the dependence of low-income countries on wealthy nations
a. modernization theory b. dependency theory c. world systems theory d. social exchange theory
Research on the relationship of social class to health care finds that
a. people with lower incomes do not generally rate their health as excellent b. those in lower social classes have rates of infant mortality and stillbirths roughly equal to those of upper-class people. c. lower income people are less likely to smoke than upper-class people. d. those using Medicaid are healthier than those not using Medicaid.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
If you collect your data via computer, you will need to determine a way to enter that data using a comprehensive format.
In the United States, parents provide children with social and economic surroundings that ensure that the children have about the same social class position as their parents. This is called:
a. achievement motivation. b. an ascribed class system. c. the indirect inheritance model. d. intergenerational mobility.