Identify the conditions that result from the sex ratio among the ...

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Identify the conditions that result from the sex ratio among the elderly and discuss the implications of each.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Identify the group that makes up the baby boom generation and discuss the future demographic changes that will likely take place as this generation ages.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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Answer to Question 1

Ideal Answer: The ideal answer should include:
1. Describe the reasons that older women outnumber older men and the fact that older women are more likely than older men to live alone as widows.
2. Outline how the secondary status of women has provided them with extra longevity and how this creates problems because of lower income.
3. Describe the impact of the aging population on health care and Social Security.
4. Close with a discussion of how the lower salary and some women not working outside of the home can end up impacting their Social Security benefits when they reach retirement age and how this creates conditions for more older women to be poor.

Answer to Question 2

Ideal Answer: The ideal answer should include:
1. Define the baby boom generation as people born during the population bulge that happened between 1946 to 1964.
2. Describe how the aging of this population will increase the number of U.S. senior citizens.
3. Illustrate the impact of the aging population on health care and Social Security.
4. Close with a discussion of available resources and concerns with an aging population that is living longer.