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bcretired

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The chapter on physical health included a graph that showed the gender comparisons in life expectancy. According to this graph,
 
  a. the US data show much greater gender differences for Black individuals than for White individuals.
  b. the Canadian data show much greater gender differences than the United States.
  c. both men and women in Canada have much greater longevity than men and women in the United States.
  d. both the US data and the Canadian data show somewhat greater life expectancy for women than for men.

Question 2

Research on gender differences in life expectancy shows that
 
  a. White women live longer than White men, but there are no substantial gender differences in life expectancy for Black women and men.
  b. in almost every country in the world, women live longer than men.
  c. women have a significant advantage over men, with respect to both life expectancy and morbidity.
  d. once the data are corrected for gender differences in genetic and hormonal factors, men and women are similar in their life expectancy.


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frre432

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Reply #1 on: Jun 21, 2018
Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

B


bcretired

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Reply #2 on: Jun 21, 2018
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