Life-style is the way a person lives; it includes works,leisure time, hobbies, other interests, and personal philosophy.One person’s life-style may be dominated by work,including few social activities.Another’s may involve hobbies,recreational activities, or personal philosophy.(1)_______________________.Several factors are causing life-style changes in U.S. society.First, there is more leisure time than ever before.The workweek is now less than forty hours,as compared to seventy hours a century ago.Some experts believe it will be twentyfive hours or less before the year 2000.Several firms have adopted four-day workweek with more hours per day.Others have cut the number of hours worked each week.(2)_______________________.Second, families have fewer children than before—young couples are postponing childbirth instead of having their children early in the marriage.This trend has forced many businesses to modify their competitive strategies.Gerber Products Company used to advertise “ babies are our business—our only business.”Now Gerber Products include infant clothing, stuffed animals,and accessories such as bottles, baby carriages, and baby powder.Third, people are better educated and more prosperous now than they were earlier.(3)_______________________.Inquiries of this nature have sometimes led to personal life-style changes.
