Deck 6: Aging

Question 1

In the United States,life expectancy at birth has increased from approximately ______ years at the beginning of the 20th century to ______ years at the end of the century.

A)47;79
B)30;65
C)59;84
D)50;60

Answer 1

A

Question 2

______ is the number of children under 16 for every 100 people aged 16-64.

A)Child dependency ratio
B)Sex ratio
C)Youth index
D)Child to teen ratio

Answer 2

A

Question 3

In terms of age,______ have the lowest poverty rate.

A)people aged 20-29
B)people aged 30-39
C)people aged 40-49
D)people aged 50-64

Answer 3

D

Question 4

______ is defined as the average number of years a person born in a given year can expect to live.

A)Aging
B)Sex ratio
C)Life expectancy
D)Fertility rate

Question 5

______ is the number of children under 16 and older persons 65+ for every 100 people aged 16-64.

A)Aging
B)Sex ratio
C)Life expectancy
D)Total dependency ratio

Question 6

______ is defined as efforts to use a person's perceived or real chronological age as the basis for discriminatory actions.

A)Aging
B)Agism
C)Life expectancy
D)Fertility rate

Question 7

______ is not the cause of rising health-care costs;the cost of ______ is.

A)Aging;dying
B)Dying;aging
C)Illness;dying
D)Dying;illness

Question 8

______ is defined as the number of men per 100 women.

A)Gender dependency ratio
B)Sex ratio
C)Life expectancy
D)Fertility rate

Question 9

Which of the following groups is LEAST likely to be the victim of a crime in the United States?

A)people aged 20-29
B)people aged 30-39
C)people aged 40-49
D)people 65 years of age or older

Question 10

Based on demographic characteristics,which of the following individuals is most likely to live in poverty?

A)Blanche,an 80-year-old widowed Black woman
B)David,a 78-year-old married Hispanic man
C)Betty,a 65-year-old married White woman
D)Karl,an 82-year-old divorced White man

Question 11

Among the elderly,which of the following examples would likely have the highest poverty rate?

A)White woman living alone
B)White married woman
C)Black woman living alone
D)Black married man

Question 12

______ is defined as the number of children born to women during their prime fertility period.

A)Aging
B)Sex ratio
C)Life expectancy
D)Fertility rate

Question 13

In terms of age,______ is the fastest growing segment of the U.S.population.

A)people aged 30-39
B)people aged 40-49
C)people aged 50-64
D)people 85 years of age or older

Question 14

______ is the most commonly reported form of elder abuse.

A)Neglect
B)Financial exploitation
C)Emotional abuse
D)Sexual abuse

Question 15

Approximately ______ of older citizens rely on Social Security as their primary source of income.

A)10%
B)25%
C)40%
D)60%

Question 16

______ is the least commonly reported form of elder abuse.

A)Neglect
B)Financial exploitation
C)Emotional abuse
D)Sexual abuse

Question 17

About ______ of adults 65 or over have experienced some sort of elder abuse.

A)5%
B)10%
C)20%
D)25%

Question 18

______ is the number of older persons 65+ for every 100 people aged 16-64.

A)Aging
B)Sex ratio
C)Life expectancy
D)Old-age dependency ratio

Question 19

At age 65,U.S.adults today can expect to live about an additional ______ years on average.

A)5.8
B)10.3
C)19.3
D)26.4

Question 20

All of the following are examples of agism EXCEPT______.

A)consistently depicting the elderly as slow or confused in television programs
B)not hiring a qualified individual because he or she is "too old"
C)requiring elderly employees to "hide their age" by dying their hair
D)taking an elderly relative to the doctor for a checkup

Question 21

Which of the following regions is expected to have the highest total dependency ratio in 2050?

A)Latin America
B)North America
C)Asia
D)Europe

Question 22

Which of the following regions had the highest total dependency ratio in 2000?

A)Africa
B)Latin America
C)North America
D)Asia

Question 23

On an average day,about ______ of those 65+ are in nursing homes.

A)4%
B)10%
C)18%
D)30%

Question 24

In Japan,about ______of the population is currently 65 or older.

A)10%
B)26%
C)40%
D)55%

Question 25

Which of the following regions had the highest old-age dependency ratio in 2000?

A)Africa
B)Latin America
C)North America
D)Europe

Question 26

In Japan,about ______of the population is estimated to be 65 or older in the year 2050.

A)10%
B)36%
C)40%
D)65%

Question 27

Which of the following groups is least likely to be the victim of a crime?

A)people aged 20-29
B)people aged 30-39
C)people aged 40-49
D)people aged 65 or older

Question 28

______ describes the circumstances of those who are able to live independently,provide for their economic well-being,purchase nutritious foods,and meet their clothing and transportation needs.

A)Continuity theory
B)External continuity
C)Normal aging
D)Aging

Question 29

According to a recent study,how many baby boomers experience food insecurity?

A)1 million
B)3 million
C)6 million
D)8 million

Question 30

Which of the following is a basic tenet of the disengagement theory?

A)Disengagement can be reversed.
B)Many over age 60 will not disengage.
C)Disengagement is inevitable.
D)Disengagement is the result of choices people make after age 65.

Question 31

Which of the following regions had the highest child dependency ratio in 2000?

A)Africa
B)Latin America
C)North America
D)Asia

Question 32

In the United States,health care for those 65 and older is provided by ______.

A)Medicaid
B)Medicare
C)social welfare
D)pension care

Question 33

Which perspective suggests that social policies,including those affecting the elderly,are subject to dominant political and economic ideological beliefs that reinforce advantages and disadvantages in the larger society?

A)disengagement theory
B)activity theory
C)dependency theory
D)political economy of aging

Question 34

______ is the number of people whose incomes fall below the level set by official federal guidelines.

A)Poverty rate
B)Economics
C)Income allowance
D)Social security

Question 35

______suggests the aging individual and society engage in a mutual withdrawal in the sixth decade of life,allowing the individual to begin the socialization into old age.

A)Disengagement theory
B)Activity theory
C)Dependency theory
D)Conflict theory

Question 36

In the United States,Medicare provides health care for ______.

A)the unemployed
B)the elderly
C)children under 8
D)college students

Question 37

Disengagement theory is most closely associated with which of the following theoretical traditions?

A)functionalism
B)symbolic interactionism
C)conflict theory
D)dependency theory

Question 38

In Japan,the old-age dependency ratio is expected to increase from about ______ in 2000 to about ______ in 2050.

A)5;10
B)10;25
C)30;75
D)40;80

Question 39

Activity theory is most closely associated with which of the following theoretical traditions?

A)functionalism
B)symbolic interactionism
C)conflict theory
D)dependency theory

Question 40

______ is a system in which older citizens have the power to run the government and dictate policies that primarily support people in their own age category.

A)Generational theory
B)Gerontocracy
C)Political power
D)Political economy of aging

Question 41

In the United States,those 65 and older are the age demographic least likely to be the victim of a crime.

Question 42

Symbolic interaction assumes that individuals in a society communicate via cultural symbols and shared meaning.

Question 43

Aging is a socially constructed social problem,but there are many ways aging can be manipulated from a problem to an asset.Based on the reading,name two steps that demonstrate the most efficacy when reconstructing the sociological understanding of aging.

Question 44

Compared to other age groups,those 65 and older have the highest poverty rate.

Question 45

A person 60 years of age or older is considered "old."

Question 46

Elderly women are more likely to live in poverty than elderly men.

Question 47

What is the difference between the elderly's beliefs about the likelihood they will be the victim of a crime and actual rates of victimization? Discuss at least two factors that can account for differences between perception and reality.

Question 48

Approximately 20% of older citizens rely on Social Security as their primary source of income.

Question 49

A recent article by Panruti et al(2015)offers insight into the societal consequences of the rapid expansion of the aging population in India.According to the authors,the emerging aging issues in India address fundamental needs of the growing elderly population.Briefly explain the three main emerging issues regarding the elderly population and why these issues are important.

Question 50

What is continuity theory? Describe how the aging process can be affected by levels of continuity.What are some of the consequences of discontinuity?

Question 51

What are the basic tenets of the political economy of aging? How does this perspective frame the relationship between the aging population and the broader society?

Question 52

The number of people in the United States who are considered "old" is expected to triple in the next 30 years.

Question 53

Continuity theory builds on disengagement theory.

Question 54

The United States has one of the lowest percentages of people aged 65 and older in the industrialized world.

Question 55

In the United States,average life expectancy at birth was about 30 years of age at the beginning of the 20th century.