Which of the following statements about family relationships among the elderly is true?
A. Over 90 percent of men age 65-74 are married, as are over 75 percent of women.
B. Research has found that most elderly persons, even if in a relationship, are no longer sexually active.
C. About 30 percent of men over age 70 have some degree of erectile dysfunction.
D. An AARP study found that elders who experience a significant decline in sexual activity often find their situation depressing or frustrating.
Answer: D
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a. Racial prejudice b. Discrimination c. Racial identity d. Ideological racism
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a. suicide. c. social forces. b. the individual. d. troubles.
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a. find striking similarities between males and females. b. tend to ignore similarities between men and women. c. focus on the enormous variation within each sex category. d. have found behaviors for which biological sex is an independent variable. e. find consistent evidence of biologically determined behavior.
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A. Farmers cannot afford to maintain crops and therefore they don't have enough to eat. B. Starvation and being underweight from lack of food is a problem; so is obesity from eating too much and the wrong types of foods. C. The nutrition of the parents is not good, so they have more difficulty delivering healthy children. D. There are problems with getting access to enough vegetables and with getting enough protein.