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1 .       Gerontology is strictly the study of the aged population over the age of sixty-five. [Hint]

 
 


2 .       It is estimated that one-quarter of all the farm workers in the United States is under the age of sixteen. [Hint]

 
 


3 .       In most preindustrial societies, the elderly held very little power because they were not allowed to own property. [Hint]

 
 


4 .       By the year 2050, the young and the old will come very close to constituting equal portions of the U.S. population. [Hint]

 
 


5 .       More than two-thirds of the nation's poor people are under the age of sixteen. [Hint]

 
 


6 .       The "social health" of young people in America has improved dramatically in the last forty years. [Hint]

 
 


7 .       At its inception in 1935, Social Security was intended to meet every person's need for an adequate retirement. [Hint]

 
 


8 .       Investor-owned nursing homes have been shown to have a lower quality of care than not-for-profit nursing homes. [Hint]

 
 


9 .       The American Psychiatric Association listed homosexuality as a mental disorder until 1973. [Hint]

 
 


10 .       Following the institution of the "Don't ask, don't tell" policy, no one has been forced from the military based on their sexual orientation. [Hint]

 
 






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