Which of the following statements about wealth and income among elderly persons is accurate?

A. Older people as a group are homogeneous and poor.
B. When compared to lower-class workers, middle-class workers appear generally to be no better-off as they retire.
C. There is significant variation in wealth and poverty among the nation's older people.
D. All of these answers are correct.


Answer: C

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