Which of the following statements regarding research on how factors in middle adulthood predict health in later adulthood is true?
a. Health habits in midlife have little relation to later physical and mental health.
b. Education predicts health from middle to late adulthood more strongly than income.
c. Alcohol use predicts later health more strongly than smoking.
d. There has been no longitudinal research to address this question; therefore researchers have been unable to draw any definitive conclusions.
Answer: b. Education predicts health from middle to late adulthood more strongly than income.
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