The construct of middle-age emerged when

a. a more educated workforce continued working longer.
b. increased consumerism in the early 20th Century created a desire for greater wealth.
c. the loss of healthy young men during World Wars I and II created an excess of healthy, marriageable young women.
d. 20th-century parents began to bear fewer children and live long enough to see their children grow up and leave home.


d

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