HCAD 222 Final Exam Study Guide Exam 2024.

HCAD 222 Final Exam Study Guide Exam 2024. A majority of the 65+ are - correct answers white, minorities rising How do social classes affect aging - correct answers unequal shares of wealth, status, and power what are the four elements influence class position - correct answers occupation income property education Old age _________________ poverty and economic vulnerability - correct answers doesnt equal How has poverty among the old changed - correct answers -large reduction over past 30 years -biggest gains in the 60s and 70s SSI - correct answers Supplemental Security Income -means tested - cash benefit program for elderly, blind, disabled Cumulative Disadvantage - correct answers Lower SES over the life course tends to produce cumulative disadvantage, which is perpetuated in old age What is "double jeopardy" or "Multiple Jeopardy - correct answers suggests that if you are a member of more than one disadvantaged group, the effects are multiplied Poverty rates are - correct answers higher for older adults