Which of the following statements is true about subjective age identity?
A) It has no relationship with the gender of an individual.
B) It appears to be influenced by the social class of an individual.
C) It is the accurate description of an individual's functional age.
D) It typically categorizes people into the well elderly, the impaired elderly, and the frail elderly.

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Research suggests that subjective age identity is related to an individual's social class. People from lower socioeconomic backgrounds tend to report feeling older than their chronological age compared to those from higher socioeconomic backgrounds. Gender (A) is not consistently related to subjective age identity, and it is not an accurate description of an individual's functional age (C). Finally, subjective age identity does not categorize people into specific groups like "well elderly," "impaired elderly," or "frail elderly" (D).

Which of the Following Statements Is True About Subjective Age