The Crucial Stratification Variable in the Well-Being of the Elderly

question 47

Multiple Choice

The crucial stratification variable in the well-being of the elderly is _____, which causes a lifetime of stresses including less education, less health care, and accumulating disadvantages of many kinds.

• A) the age of retirement
• B) low income
• C) age
• D) family size

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