Her analysis of the family networks of 26，000 older Americans concluded that gender (性别) is one of the most important things that decide whether or not people will actively care for their elderly parents.rom the University of Michigan Health and Retirement Study, a study which has been tracking a cross­section of over­50s for the last decade, she calculated that women provide an average of 12.3 hours a month of care for elderly parents while men offer only 5.6 hours.

　　“Sons reduce their relative care­giving efforts when they have a sister, while daughters increase theirs when they have a brother.”

　　“This suggests that sons pass on parent care­giving responsibilities to their sisters.”

　　In the UK, the 2011 Census showed that there are now around 6.5 million people with caring responsibilities, a figure which has risen by a tenth in a decade.

　　But many are doing so at the risk of their health. The census showed that those who provide 50 hours or more of care a week while trying to hold down a full­time job are three times more likely to be struggling with ill health than their working counterparts who are not carers.

　　语篇解读：本文是解析：选B　细节理解题。根据第三段中的“concluded that gender (性别) is one of the most important things that decide whether or not people will actively care for their elderly parents”可知决定人们是否会主动照顾老年人的最主要因素是性别。B。________．aving a sister makes men less likely to look after their parents

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