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Question 1.
Economic factors do NOT impact physiological and psychological health.
   
 
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Question 2.
Women form the fastest growing segment of the oldest-old population both in the United States and globally.
   
 
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Question 3.
Women's roles as unpaid caregivers and as underpaid employees are interconnected and influence all aspects of their lives.
   
 
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Question 4.
Older women who have never married may be in better financial condition than their divorced or widowed counterparts.
   
 
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Question 5.
Men who survive beyond age 85 are likely to be in better health and have a similar or better life expectancy than women of this age.
   
 
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Question 6.
The Social Security system has changed to improve the status of divorced older women.
   
 
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Question 7.
The Older Women's League has been instrumental in advocating for intergenerational assistance.
   
 
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Question 8.
In 1990 Congress added mammography screening as a biennial Medicare benefit.
   
 
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Question 9.
Ethnic minority women experience "triple jeopardy" and are discriminated against for their ethnic status, their gender and their age.

   
 
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Question 10.
Women comprise nearly 75 percent of older Supplemental Security Income recipients.

   
 
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