Exam 1

What proportion of the world's countries have a public old-age security problem?

3/4

Approximately what percent of the private sector labor force in the US is covered by a private pension plan (as opposed to, or in addition to public Social Security)?

60%

Today the older population (aged 65 and over) represents 7% or more of the total population in many parts of the world except:

Africa

By 2050, almost two-thirds of the world's older people will live in:

Asia

Which country's one-child policy has greatly impacted their population?

China

T/F: In developing countries, older men are more likely than older women to be illiterate.

False

T/F: The demography of the United States is rather old compared to other more developed countries

False

T/F: The global life expectancy for men is longer than women.

False

As for longevity, which country has the longest life expectancy at birth?

Japan

Which had the highest percentage of older adults over the age of 80?

Japan

In which country are elderly people least likely to live alone?

The Philippines

T/F: Between 1980 and the present, the United States' overall age dependency ratio has remained relatively constant, contracting from 50% to 51%

True

T/F: For the first time in human history, people aged 65 and over will outnumber children under age 5.

True

T/F: The number of the world's "oldest old" (people aged 80 and over) is growing more rapidly than that of the elderly as whole.

True

T/F: Today in some countries life expectancy at birth is less than 60 years old.

True

What is a Blue Zone?

a demographic and/or geographic are of the world where people live measurably longer lives

There are more older widowers than widowers living alone in virtually all countries because: a) Women typically live longer than men b) Women typically marry men older than themselves c) Men are more likely than women to remarry after divorce or the death of a spouse d) All of the above

d

The growing NCD (non-communicable disease) burden could also be a significant path through which population aging slows:

economic growth

In developed countries, recent declines in labor force participation rates of older (55 and over) workers are due almost entirely to changing work patterns of:

men

The global number of centenarians worldwide - those aged 100 years and older - is expected to:

more than double by 2030