Author Question: Historically, how did industrialization change patterns of working for income among people over the ... (Read 39 times)

@Brianna17 · **on:** Jul 2, 2018

Historically, how did industrialization change patterns of working for income among people over the age of sixty-five?

a. People continued working for as long as they could.
b. People begin to retire from paid work, often by about age sixty-five.
c. People came to see retirement from paid work as a sign of weakness.
d. The peak earning years shifted later into the sixties and seventies.

Question 2

In general, industrialization has what effect on the social standing of the elderly in relation to younger people?

a. It reduces the social standing of seniors.
b. There is little or no effect.
c. It raises the social standing of seniors.
d. It raises the social standing of older men but reduces it for women.