Zivit Earns Enough Money to Be in the Top 1

question 35

Multiple Choice

Zivit earns enough money to be in the top 1% of the upper socioeconomic class in the United States. What effect is Zivit's social class likely to have on his health?

• A) He will live fifteen fewer years than the average man in poverty.
• B) Zivit will have fewer years of life due to class-based lifestyle choices.
• C) He will live fifteen years longer than the average man in poverty.
• D) Zivit will live the same number of years as every male in his age group, regardless of wealth status.

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