Your textbook discusses gender comparisons in morbidity in North America. According to this discussion,
a. women live longer than men, so women are more likely to have health problems associated with old age.
b. although women are more likely than men to experience physical abuse from a partner, this abuse encourages women to seek health care, leading to higher morbidity.
c. morbidity is based on self-report, so there are probably no actual gender differences in morbidity.
d. morbidity is calculated in a biased way, and women are actually less likely than men to have serious health problems.
A
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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word