The United Nations Human Development Report gives the following data for real GDP per person in 2018: China, $15,270; Russia,$24,233; Canada, $43,433; United States, $54,941. Life expectancy at birth is 79.3 in Canada, 78.8 in the United States, 76.6 in China, and 72.3 in Russia. Freedom House rates political freedom each year, and its ratings are asfollows: Canada, 1.0; the United States, 1.5; Russia, 6.5; and China, 6.5 ((1.0 is the most free and 7.0 is the least free). How do life expectancy at birth and
The United Nations Human Development Report gives the following data for real GDP per person in 2018: China, $15,270; Russia,$24,233; Canada, $43,433; United States, $54,941. Life expectancy at birth is 79.3 in Canada, 78.8 in the United States, 76.6 in China, and 72.3 in Russia. Freedom House rates political freedom each year, and its ratings are asfollows: Canada, 1.0; the United States, 1.5; Russia, 6.5; and China, 6.5 ((1.0 is the most free and 7.0 is the least free). How do life expectancy at birth and
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The United Nations Human Development Report gives the following data for real GDP per person in 2018: China, $15,270; Russia,$24,233; Canada, $43,433; United States, $54,941.
Life expectancy at birth is 79.3 in Canada, 78.8 in the United States, 76.6 in China, and 72.3 in Russia.
Freedom House rates political freedom each year, and its ratings are asfollows: Canada, 1.0; the United States, 1.5; Russia, 6.5; and China, 6.5 ((1.0 is the most free and 7.0 is the least free).
How do life expectancy at birth and political freedom change the relative ranking of living standards that real GDP per person indicate?
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They don't change the relative ranking because they rank countries in a similar way as real GDP per person ranks them.
They completely reverse the relative ranking because they rank countries exactly opposite to the way that real GDP per person ranks them.
They don't change the relative ranking of Canada and the United States but they lower the ranking of Russia and China.
They don't change the relative ranking of Russia and China but they raise the ranking of Canada and the United States.
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