A Study Found That Poorer Women in California Are More

question 297

Multiple Choice

A study found that poorer women in California are more likely to die if they live in better-off neighborhoods than if they live in poorer neighborhoods.According to the authors of your textbook, this difference in life expectancy is due to the

• A) women in the better-off neighborhoods working longer hours at more stressful jobs.
• B) extra stress that the women living in the better-off neighborhoods feel from being constantly reminded that they are relatively poor.
• C) women in the poorer neighborhoods having better social support than the women in the better-off neighborhoods.
• D) better health care options available to the women in the poorer neighborhoods as compared to the health care options available to those in the better-off neighborhoods.

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