What Has Kept the United States from Placing High on a List

question 76

Multiple Choice

What has kept the United States from placing high on a list of aged populations?

• A) declining fertility rates
• B) influx of immigrants
• C) Baby Boomer cohort
• D) critical gerontology

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Definitions:

Ordinal

Pertaining to a type of data or scale that shows an order or rank among values, where the intervals between values are not necessarily consistent.

Pie Chart

A pie chart is a circular graph divided into sectors, each representing a proportion of the total. It is used to visualize the relative sizes of parts of a whole.

Frequency

In statistics, it refers to the count of how often each value of a set of data occurs; in waves, it refers to the number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit of time.

Variable

A component, characteristic, or aspect that is subject to change or variation.