An increase in life expectancy has caused one aspect of family life to change.Which of the following best illustrates this change?
A)Adults are likely to spend more years caring for both younger and older generations in their family.
B)Adults spend fewer years in occupational roles and therefore have more time to spend with their family.
C)Parents have more children,and the average family size is larger than ever before in history.
D)Multi-generation families are much more rare than was true a generation ago.

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With an increase in life expectancy, people are more likely to have elderly family members who require care for a longer period of time. This means that adults will have to spend more years caring for both the older and younger generations in their family, which is illustrated by option A. Option B is incorrect because there is no evidence to suggest that people are spending fewer years in occupational roles. Option C is incorrect because the trend in modern times is towards smaller family sizes. Option D is incorrect because multi-generation families are becoming more common, particularly due to the increase in life expectancy of elderly family members.

An Increase in Life Expectancy Has Caused One Aspect of Family