Learning Objectives

After reading the chapter, you should be able to answer the following questions.

1.

How is a population's age structure related to its stage of economic development?

2.

What is the relative life expectancy of men versus women, and how is it related to the sex ratio?

3.

In the United States, how have fertility, mortality, and migration rates changed over the past century, and what has been the effect on the nation's population?

4.

How has life expectancy in the United States changed over the past century, and does it differ from one group to the next?

5.

How do older Americans compare to other Americans in terms of marital status, income, and education?

6.

Why do older Americans move, and where do they go?

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