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Chapter 6: Older Rural FamiliesBy: Nina Glasgow

COD 574: Rural Sociology

February 6, 2006True or False QuizBy: Catherine Cannatella



Why study the agingrural population?



1. At the beginning of the 21 st

century 75% of the population lives inmetropolitan areas. Therefore, there

is a higher than averageconcentration of older people inmetropolitan areas than non-metropolitan.



False.There is a higher concentration ofolder people in non-metropolitanareas.



2. The majority of rural and urbanolder residents rely on their adult

children for economic supportbecause Social Security isinsufficient.



FalseThey rely on their children more forsocial and informal care giving thanfinances.



3. Older rural family members aredeeply embedded in extended family

networks giving them greater socialsupport and better care than olderurban family members.



FalseResearch shows that rural-originolder individuals expect more

assistance from their adultchildren than urban-origin olderindividuals but their expectationsare often not met.



4. The “beanpole” family structure

refers to the multiple marriages anddivorces in families today.



FalseBeanpole family refers to thedeclining fertility and increasedlongevity.



5. Men have a higher remarriage rateafter divorce than women.



True



6. Men are more likely to live aloneduring old age.



FalseIn 1998 -75% of Men age 65 and older were

married.50% of women age 65 and over werewidows

80% of women 85 and older werewidowed.



7. The primary caregiver for an older

married person is his/her adult child.



FalseThe spouse is the primary informal

caregiver. The adult child is thesecondary informal caregiver.



8. Co-residence between adult childrenand parents is uncommon today.



TureThere has been a decline inintergenerational co-residence inthe later stages of life beginningat the turn of the 20th century.



9. Nonmetropolitan women have ahigher average number of children

born than metropolitan women andhave more access to those children.



FalseNon-metropolitan women tend tohave more children thanmetropolitan women but haveless access because of

geographic mobility



10. The 1987 National Survey ofFamilies and Households estimatedthat 74 percent of older people havean adult child living within a 25 mileradius.



TrueGeographic mobility among both old

and young people has declined in the lastfew decades. Studies show that older

urban parents are more like to live neartheir adult children than older ruralparents and that older urban parentswere more likely to see a child at leastweekly than their rural counterparts.



11. Morbidity, disability and mortality

rates are higher among older ruralpeople than urban counterparts.



FalseMorbidity and disability are higher

among older rural people butmortality rates are about the same.



12. An example of intergenerationalfamily relationships is when thegrandparents raise the grandchildren.



TrueExchange and reciprocity

characterize intergenerationalfamily relationships.



13. Baby Boomers will have fewer

adult children upon whom they candepend for care than their parents.



TrueParents of baby boomers have onaverage 3 children surviving until

age 40.Baby boomers have on average

less than 2 children.



14. Marriage rates are lower amongBaby Boomers and divorce rates are

higher among Baby Boomerscompared to their parents.



True





SummaryThe aging society means fewer adultchildren to care for their parents andfewer workers to support SocialSecurity and other programs that

benefit older people.

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