Which one of the following does Wilkinson identify as the main determinant of relative health in a society ?

Related Mcqs:

1. In a society with a (n) ___________ the political and religious institutions often act in harmony and mutually reinforce each other,s powers over their relative spheres of influence ?

   A. denomination
   B. ecclesia
   C. cult
   D. sect

2. According to the World Health Organization which of these is NOT a main cause of chronic disease and long-term impairments in developing countries ?

   A. poor education
   B. poor diet
   C. poor sanitation
   D. poor housing

3. Which of the following does John Scott identify as belonging to the middle class ?

   A. senior executives
   B. industrial entrepreneurs
   C. finance capitalists
   D. none of the above

4. In stage 3 of the health transition the main causes of illness and death are____________?

   A. acute infectious diseases such as typhus measles and cholera
   B. respiratory diseases such as pneumonia and asthma
   C. chronic degenerative diseases such as cancer heart disease and strokes
   D. too diverse to put into one category

5. Which of the following does NOT account for the rise in the cost of health care ?

   A. Classical rules that govern marketplace exchanges have been applied to the health care industry for decades
   B. Labor costs have risen sharply
   C. The continual upgrading in the scope and intensity of medical services is costly
   D. The concept of “health” has been expanded to include mental and psychological difficulties and “condition” such as infertility

6. In modern society people belong to so many groups that a number of their in-group and out-group relationships overlap It has given the members of society a wide spectrum of___________?

   A. behavior learning
   B. socialization
   C. both a & b
   D. None of these

7. In “Gesellschaft” the society of tradition is replaced with the society of ______________?

   A. Impersonal relations
   B. Contract
   C. Modern ideas
   D. None of these

8. Social exclusion refers to ways in which people are cut off from full involvement in society How has Veit-Wilson (1998) distinguished the main variants of this concept ?

   A. primary/secondary
   B. weak/strong
   C. general/specific
   D. old/new

9. A group with which we identify and to which we belong is called a(n) ?

   A. in-group
   B. reference group
   C. secondary group
   D. relationship

10. Critics of the concept of relative poverty argue that_______________?

    A. it concentrates too much on kinship ties
    B. the government should be raising benefit levels
    C. in modern affluent societies no one is truly poor
    D. it is wrong to make comparisons between countries