Adult Development And Aging The Canadian Experience By Lori Harper – Test Bank

CHAPTER 11: Work, Retirement, and Leisure

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. What percentage of older women who live on their own in Canada live BELOW the poverty line?
a. 5%
b. 10%
c. 20%
d. 30%

ANS: D
RAT: Older women have worked more part-time jobs and have had more career gaps during adulthood, leaving them with fewer financial resources.
REF: p. 344 Changes in Labour Force Participation in Canada
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2. What are the two significant changes to the Canadian labour market in recent years?
a. decreased participation of men and increased participation of women
b. increased participation of women and increased participation of people over 65
c. increased participation of people over 65 and decreased participation of people under 30
d. decreased participation of people under 30 and decreased participation of men

ANS: B
RAT: Women have joined the labour market and more people are working beyond the traditional age for retirement.
REF: p. 344 Changes in Labour Force Participation in Canada
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3. A 66-year-old man is much more likely than a 30-year-old man to be employed in which of the following industries?
a. farming/primary goods
b. manufacturing
c. education
d. public administration

ANS: A
RAT: Farming is more common among older adults than younger adults.
REF: p. 347 Type of Labour Force Participation of Older Workers
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4. Which of the following scenarios involves bridge employment?
a. a woman returns to work after her children start school
b. a man returns to work after a work-related accident
c. an older person returns to work following retirement
d. an older person works part-time before retiring early

ANS: C
RAT: When an older person retires and then returns to work, typically part-time, this is referred to as bridge employment.
REF: p. 347 Type of Labour Force Participation of Older Workers
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5. Which of the following BEST describes the dependants that are used to compute the overall dependency ratio?
a. the population aged 18 years and younger
b. the population under 10 years of age and over 80 years of age
c. the population under 14 years of age and over 65 years of age
d. the population 15 to 64 years of age

ANS: A
RAT: The overall dependency ratio is calculated by dividing the number of people aged 0–14 and over the age of 65 by the number of people between the ages of 15 and 64 years of age. The result shows the proportion of the population that is dependent on the working population.
REF: p. 349 Impact of the Aging of Baby Boomers on Labour Force Participation
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6. What was the approximate overall dependency ratio in Canada in 2014?
a. 15%
b. 25%
c. 35%
d. 45%

ANS: D
RAT: The dependency ratio in 2014 was approximately 45%.
REF: p. 349 Impact of the Aging of Baby Boomers on Labour Force Participation
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7. What is denoted when the overall dependency ratio is 40%?
a. 40% of the population aged 15–64 is employed
b. 40% of the population under age 15 and over age 64 is employed
c. 40% of the population is under age 15 or over age 64
d. 40% of the population is aged 15–64 years

ANS: C
RAT: An overall dependency ratio of 40% means that 4 out of 10 people in the population are under age 15 or over age 65.
REF: p. 349 Impact of the Aging of Baby Boomers on Labour Force Participation
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8. Between the years 1990 and 2014, what happened to the 0–14 dependency ratio and the 65+ dependency ratio, respectively?
a. decreased; decreased
b. decreased; increased
c. increased; decreased
d. increased; increased

ANS: B
RAT: Between 1990 and 2014 the proportion of children in the population decreased and the number of older adults in the population increased.
REF: p. 349 Impact of the Aging of Baby Boomers on Labour Force Participation
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9. Which of the following will have the GREATEST negative impact the overall dependency ratio?
a. having a fertility rate that is greater than the fertility replacement level
b. having a fertility replacement level that is greater than the fertility rate
c. having more people under 15 than over 65
d. having more people over 65 than under 15

ANS: B
RAT: When there are fewer children being born than are needed to replace their parents, the overall dependency ratio will increase.
REF: p. 349 Impact of the Aging of Baby Boomers on Labour Force Participation
BLM: Bloom’s Taxonomy: Understand

10. What would be the effect from increasing the age of retirement to 67?
a. increase in the overall dependency ratio
b. decrease in the overall dependency ratio
c. increase in the fertility replacement level
d. decrease in the fertility replacement level

ANS: B
RAT: Increasing the retirement age would keep more older adults working while reducing the number of older adults relying on government pension plans, consequently reducing the overall dependency ratio.
REF: p. 349 Impact of the Aging of Baby Boomers on Labour Force Participation
BLM: Bloom’s Taxonomy: Understand