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Question 1.
Two factors combine to drive up the proportion of the elderly population: high birth rates and increased longevity.

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Question 2.
By 2041 about 15 percent of our elders will be over eighty years of age.

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Question 3.
Longer life spans are mainly due to medical advances.

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Question 4.
The old-age dependency ratio will almost double in the next fifty years.

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Question 5.
The majority of seniors are disabled by serious physical conditions.

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Question 6.
Industrialization erodes the power and prestige of the elderly.

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Question 7.
In Canada, 36 percent of the workforce would continue to work after the age of 65 if mandatory retirement legislation was eliminated.

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Question 8.
The greatest cause of social isolation among elderly people is retirement.

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Question 9.
In recent decades, the rate of poverty among unattached elderly has fallen sharply.

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Question 10.
Canadians became publicly more aware of elder abuse as a social problem in the 1970's.

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Question 11.
In general, elderly people in Canada enjoy the greatest power and the most opportunities and privileges.

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Question 12.
A social-conflict analysis sees age-based hierarchy as inherent in an industrial-capitalist society.

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Question 13.
Currently, the weight of legal opinion in the United States and Canada supports euthanasia.

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Question 14.
In Kubler-Ross' model, the final stage of dying is resignation.

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Question 15.
Research shows that bereavement is less intense for someone who accepts the death of a loved one and feels the relationship with the dying person has reached a satisfactory resolution.

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