Multiple choice

Directions: Read the following information carefully and answer the question given below. Within the last 25 years, a large portion of the population of the India has moved from the North to the South. This shift has occurred, not because employment opportunities in the South have expanded, but because, over the same period, the life expectancy of the India's population has increased, and more people therefore move to a warmer climate when they retire.

Which of the following, if true, would strengthen the claim made above that the population now has a greater life expectancy?

  1. Many employment opportunities in the South result from newly built retirement communities.

  2. People less than 70 year old made up less than 10 percent of retirees in 1980 but today account for over 40 percent of retirees.

  3. The segment of the population over 60 years old has increased by two-thirds in the last 20 years, while the entire population has increased by only one-half.

  4. The average cost of living in the South is significantly lower than it is in the North.

  5. None of these
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Explanation

The question concerns the claim that the population now has a greater life expectancy. This answer choice states that the segment of the population over 60 years old is growing at a faster rate than the population as a whole; so more people must be living longer.

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