What Is the Difficulty Involved in Describing a Typical Pattern

question 29

Multiple Choice

What is the difficulty involved in describing a typical pattern of retirement for women?

• A) Women have not been compared to men in their attitudes toward retirement.
• B) Few women work full-time, making it difficult to find a sample large enough to enable accurate conclusions.
• C) No studies, to date, have been done to determine the characteristics of women's retirement.
• D) Women follow different and more varied career paths than men.

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