A study found that poorer women in California are more likely to die if they live in better-off neighborhoods than if they live in poorer neighborhoods. According to the authors of your textbook, this difference in life expectancy is due to the
a. women in the better-off neighborhoods working longer hours at more stressful jobs.
b. extra stress that the women living in the better-off
neighborhoods feel from being constantly reminded that they are relatively poor.
c. women in the poorer neighborhoods having better social support than the women in thebetter-off neighborhoods.
d. better health care options available to the women in the poorer neighborhoods as compared to the health care options available to those in the better-off neighborhoods.
B
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