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1.Social Security was never intended to be the sole source of income for people in retirement.
2.The Social Security Act of 1935 was a response to the Great Depression at a time when only ____ of
the U.S. population was over age 65.
3.Even though Social Security benefits are derived from taxation, they are subject to taxation.
4.The age of eligibility for full Social Security benefits was ____ but between 2002 and 2007 rose to
____.
5.The inequities in Social Security are largely being ignored in current debates about changing the
system. - (ANSWER)1.True
2.5%
3.True
4.65,67
5.True
1.Older Americans possess which of the following resources that other age groups lack?
2.Between the 1950's and the 1990s, the average age of retirement has ______.
3.Older workers have less absenteeism, lower job turnover, and a lower accident rate than younger
workers.
4.During the 20th century, free time increased in all of the following ways except through ____
5.Which law forbade older workers from being limited or treated in any way that would harm their
employment possibilities? - (ANSWER)1.Time
2.Decreased
3.True
4. a reduction of the work week.
5.Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967
1.People of all ages were impacted by the expansion and availability of the Internet in 1990s. This is an
example of what kind of effect?
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2.Boomers were the first generation in American history where more than half achieved some level of
higher education.
3.Boomers make up what proportion of the US population?
4.When considering any cohort, such as the Boomers, it is important to keep in mind not only age,
period and cohort effects, but the impact of class, ethnicity, and gender as well in shaping individual
experiences.
5.How much advertising does AARP estimate is aimed at the mature adult demographic? -
(ANSWER)1.Period effect
2.True
3.About one quarter
4.True
5.less than 25%
Social and Economic Outlook for an Aging Society - (ANSWER)By itself, population aging does not dictate
the shape of things to come, and there is certainly no cause to be gloomy about the coming of an aging
society. The point to remember is that the life one leads as a younger person will affect prospects for old
age. The social and economic outlook for an aging society, then, is not simply something to be predicted
but something to be constructed. The decisions we make today depend on thoughtful consideration of
the controversies that will shape the aging society of tomorrow.
varieties of aging experiences - (ANSWER)•Stereotypes: assuming every member of this group must be
like this vs. Generalizations: not a memeber of a specific group and understand some information of that
people from that specific group.
•Ageism
-"ill-derly" (lower socioeconomics)
-"well-derly" (higher socioeconomics)
• Age, gender, race, and social class
-Interact in complex ways to define individual experiences
•Adaptive strength of many disadvantaged older people
•Increasing ethnic diversity-a lag time
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Race and Ethnicity - (ANSWER)•Majority 65+ White, but minorities increasing- a lag time
•African American
•Hispanic/Latino
•Asian
•Native American
•Heterogeneity & many, many other ethnic groups
African Americans - (ANSWER)•9% of 65+ > 13% (2060)
•Lower life expectancy at birth and in most decades of life
-COVID lost us 1 year, 3X worse in AA community
*lost 3 years of life expectancy due to covid and already have a lower life expectancy. If you are african
american and can make it to 70, you havea higher chance to make it to old age.
•Experience impairment, but ¯ NH admittance, tend to rely more on family members for caregivers.
-Cross over Phenomenon or caregiving patterns?
*African African woman make it to old age.
•Informal support networks
•AA face many disadvantages, not all to same degree
1.African-Americans constitute the largest minority group among the aged, currently comprising 9% of
all Americans over age 65.
2.By 2060, it is estimated that 13% of the older population will be African-American.
3.In comparison with Whites, African-Americans generally face a lower life expectancy at birth and in
most decades of life.
4.Older African Americans also tend to experience more functional impairment from chronic illness, yet
they are far less likely than Whites to be admitted to nursing homes.
5.Is this disparity attributable to the crossover phenomenon-after AGE 75 black LE exceeds white LE, to
discrimination in long-term care facilities, or to some other factor, such as family caregiving patterns?