A skewed dependency ratio is problematic for Social Security because __________
A) you can only get benefits if you are younger than 65 and have children who are still being claimed as a dependent on your taxes
B) children over age 21 and listed as dependents for their parents over age 65 do not have to pay Social Security taxes
C) it is the basis for how Medicare is funded and relies on dependents to pay a portion of their elderly parents taxes
D) it is financed based on workers and if less people are working compared to those who are not, funding will become an issue
Answer: D
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Sex refers to __________ and gender refers to __________
a) role in reproduction; sexual orientation b) whether a person is sexually active; role in reproduction c) culturally and socially constructed differences between the meanings, beliefs, and practices associated with femininity and masculinity; role in reproduction d) sexual orientation; age of menarche e) role in reproduction; culturally and socially constructed differences between the meanings, beliefs, and practices associated with femininity and masculinity
According to research done for the Pentagon, in 2012, _____ of women in the military had experienced sexual harassment, including sexual coercion.
A. one-fifth B. one-quarter C. one-third D. one-half
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Rural areas have much lower percentages in poverty than urban places. 2. The poorest counties in the United States are in Texas, Mississippi, and South Dakota. 3. The “Black Belt” refers to a region with many rural African Americans. 4. Poverty in South Dakota is most prevalent on Native American reservations. 5. The world’s poorest people are rural.
____ development refers to the tendency to develop aspects of the body trunk first, and then later master manipulation of the body extremities.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).