Question

1. In the reading, Marmot compares the life expectancy and average income of men in Costa Rica to that of Black men in the United States. This suggests to him that:

	absolute deprivation alone cannot explain health disparities
	health outcomes like life expetancy can be entirely explained by diffrences in income

	income is a better predictor of health than social position
	all groups in the U.S. derive a "health bonus" from living in the U.S.

2. In the Whitehall Study, which group of British civil servants were least likely to suffer a fatal heart attack?

	the administrators at the top of the civil service hierarchy
	the professionals & executives (the next highest class)

	the clerical workers (the second-to-lowest class)
	the support staff on the bottom of the civil service hierarchy

3. In the Whitehall Study, Marmot found that differences by civil service rank in the risk of a fatal heart attack:

	could be wholly explained by differences in access to health care and urban versus rural residence
	could be only partially explained by conventional risk factors

	were the result of there being more men than women at the top of the civil service hierarchy
	could be wholly explained by differences in smoking, diet, exercise, weight, and cholesterol levels

4. According to Marmot, what type of stress leads to increased risk of a fatal heart attack?

	that associated with the feeling that you have a great deal of responsibility at work
	that associated with the feeling that you have little control over your life

	that associated with facing tight deadlines at work
	that associated with working long hours

5. In light of what we know about how people assess their relative standing, in which of the following situations are you most likely to feel deprived?

	when you make $50,000 per year, but so do most of the people you know
	when you make $50,000 per year, but most of the people you know make $200,000 a year

	when you are unemployed, but so are most of the people you know
	when you make $50,000, but many people you don’t know make $10,000,000 per year

Answer 1

Ans. 1 Option A

The absolute deprivation alone cannot explain the health disparities because the health get affected by many factors like atmosphere, nurture, work pressure and happiness.

Ans. 2 Option A

According to the study, the higher income employment experiences less diseases and heart problems. The income affects health because the person can spend more than lower class income groups.

Ans. 3 Option A

The differences by civil service rank in the risk of fatal heart attack could be wholly explained by differences in the access to care and urban vs. rural residence.

Ans. 4 Option B

The study says that the stress lead to heart disease and these stressors developed when a person feel the lack of job control.

Ans. 5 Option D

When you make $ 50000 and people living nearby you earned $ 10000000 per year make relative standing stress.

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