Which of the following is a predicted trend related to the elderly in the United States?
A) The percent of the U.S. population age 85 and over will decrease by two-thirds between 2015 and 2040.
B) The challenges related to old age will decrease in the future.
C) There will be a new emphasis on physical exercise as the pathway to physical, psychological, and social health in the later years.
D) Living apart together will not be an option for the elderly.
Ques. 2According to Brown and Lin (2012 ), who among the following are more likely to get divorced?
A) People who never married or lived with a partner before
B) College graduates
C) People who are married for less than 10 years
D) Whites
Ques. 3According to the study conducted by Brown and Shinohara in 2013 on the dating behavior of individuals aged 57-85, which of the following statements is true?
A) Elderly couples involved in dating are less likely to be college educated.
B) Daters have more assets than nondaters.
C) Dating is more common among women than men.
D) Dating among the elderly increases with age.
Ques. 4Which of the following statements defines grandfamilies?
A) These are families in which children reside with and are being raised by grandparents.
B) These are families where stepgrandparents have legal rights to their stepgrandchildren.
C) These are families where the children of divorced parents choose to reside alone in ancestral homes.
D) These are families where grandparents make their grandchildren the sole inheritors of their assets.
Ques. 5Which of the following statements is true of relationships between elderly spouses?
A) Marriages that survive into late life are characterized by high sex drive.
B) Research shows that taking care of a spouse in later years of life decreases the self-esteem of the caregiver.
C) Most married centenarians are women.
D) Marital satisfaction in elderly marriages is related to a high frequency of expressing love feelings to one's partner.
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