Which of the Following BEST Explains Why Middle Adulthood Comes

question 8

Multiple Choice

Which of the following BEST explains why middle adulthood comes later and lasts longer now than in the early 1900s?

• A) People today have fewer children than people in the early 1900s.
• B) People today engage in less risky behavior than people in the early 1900s.
• C) People today have less anxiety in their lives than people in the early 1900s.
• D) People today have better health care and nutrition than people in the early 1900s.

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