Gerontology - Chapter 3 Exam Questions With New Solutions(Verified)Graded A+
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The ________ migration takes place when an older person moves from a community setting to an institution. - Answer-major chronic disability
/.Longino (1992) calls the first type of move, at retirement, - Answer-amen...
Gerontology - Chapter 3 Exam
Questions With New
Solutions(Verified)Graded A+
The ________ migration takes place when an older person moves from a community
setting to an institution. - Answer-major chronic disability
/.Longino (1992) calls the first type of move, at retirement, - Answer-amenity migration.
/.Population aging will slow and in some years reverse itself. Myers (1990) calls this -
Answer-the metabolism of the population.
/.Gerontologists use the proportion of people aged 65 and over in a population to -
Answer-assess the impact on social life and to project changes.
/.In the future, population aging will occur because of - Answer-increased longevity.
/.The country with the highest percentage of its population aged 65 and over is -
Answer-Japan.
/.________ takes place when older people stay behind and young people move out of
an area. - Answer-Accumulation
/.In 2000, the majority of the world's older people lived in - Answer-Asia.
/.A(n) ________ will strain current social, health, and economic programs in developing
nations in the future. - Answer-increase in older people
/.A(n) ________ takes place when an older retiree moves near his or her children
because of illness, disability or death. - Answer-preparation-for-aging move
/.Compared to men, women face a greater chance of being ________ in later life. -
Answer-single
/.By the year 2030, the proportion of ________ in the older population will increase. -
Answer-minorities
/.The major causes of population changes are - Answer-migration, birth rates, and death
rates.
, /.The dependency ratio gives a crude measure of how many ________ exist to support
younger and older people in the population. - Answer-middle aged people
/.The sex ratio in the older population has declined throughout the 20th century due to -
Answer-better health care for women during childbearing years and increases in work
related disease among men.
/.________ today has the largest population of older people in the world. - Answer-
China
/.The formula for the sex ratio is: - Answer-number of men/number of women X 100
/.What is the major cause of population aging? - Answer-the decline fertility rate
/.An increasing older population in developed countries, for example, will ________
government pension and health care costs in the future. - Answer-increase
/.The proportion of people age 65 and over measures the - Answer-relationship of the
older group and the rest of society.
/.Demographers find that migration patterns follow - Answer-the life course.
/.What accounts for the high concentration of older people in the Midwestern states? -
Answer-out-migration of younger people
/.Increased population aging will create ________ for developed nations in the future. -
Answer-new challenges and demands
/.Longino (2001) says that people tend to move for three reasons in old age. Which of
the following is not a reason that older people move? - Answer-acute disability
/.The low sex ratio of the older population means that women stand a better chance of
________ than men. - Answer-being single
/.In the United States, about ________ of older people live in metropolitan counties. -
Answer-3/4
/.In the U.S. the majority of older people live in - Answer-large cities.
/.What keeps the proportion of older people in the sunbelt states other than Florida
relatively low? - Answer-in-migration of younger people for jobs
/.Gerontologists most often use the proportion of people age ________ as a measure of
population aging. - Answer-65 and over
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