Which of the following is most accurate regarding the status of women?
a. The Gender Empowerment Measure (GEM), a measure of women's opportunity to achieve status and authority, is highest in European countries.
b. Across cultures, where women have a great deal of power within the household, they have a great deal of power outside of it as well.
c. Research has shown that most high-achieving women choose to be childless.
d. When both marital partners work full-time, men and women share the work of running the household equally.
Answer: D
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Men spend less time planning for retirement than women do. Preretirement social contacts are more strongly related to men's psychological well-being in retirement than women's. Higher levels of financial assets and job satisfaction are more strongly linked to men's higher psychological well-being in retirement. Older adults with a long work history adjust to retirement more easily than those who have been in the workforce for a shorter period of time.
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