October 27 RQ - Name Noel Mejia Soci 130 FA 2008 October 27...

Name: Noel Mejia
Soci 130
FA 2008
October 27 Reading Questions
Chapter 10 (pp. 329-349):
1.
a. How have life expectancy and active life expectancy changed? Life expectancy
has increase for all races, and active life expectancy has also risen with
elderly that are living longer and healthier
b. How have changes in mortality affected relationships? Children today know not
only their grandparent, but their great grandparents or even more than 4
grandparents, so the elderly are becoming a bigger part of families’ lives
2.
a. In your own words, define ’tweeners. Those in between the income levels of
poverty and the middle class
b. What problem do ’tweeners face? Not poor enough to receive government
benefits, but too poor to afford things like private insurance
3. What is the major difference between elderly women and elderly men’s living
arrangements? What are two reasons for this difference? Elderly women are more likely
to live separate from their kin, but elderly men are more likely to be in the care of
someone else.