When Smeeding and colleagues compared the U.S. to seven other industrialized nations, they found

A) the U.S. had the highest rate of poverty among its elderly.
B) the U.S. had an elderly poverty rate comparable to other nations.
C) the U.S. had the lowest rate of poverty among its elderly.
D) the US had rates in the middle; 3 countries had higher rates and 3 lower rates.


A

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