Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

1. The difference in Social Security benefit size between married couples and singles is particularly acute in the United States, where elderly women who live alone are among the poorest in all developed countries.

2. Medicare is a free health care system for all citizens that considers health care a public right.

3. The U.S. maternity leave policy is on par with Afghanistan, Egypt, and Guatemala.

4. Most developed countries lean toward universal programs and policies, but the United States leans toward selective ones.

5. The three themes of the text are: (1) macro-level factors are more important than micro-level factors; (2) families are in a state of decline; and (3) social science research can help tell us right from wrong.


1. T
2. F
3. F
4. T
5. F

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