Exam 10: The Changing Family

The __________ family is the predominant type of family in agrarian societies.

The 2010 federal healthcare law signed by President Obama includes a provision for an __________ approach to sex education..

Among minorities,and African Americans especially,the single most important cause of the weakening of marriage norms during the second half of the twentieth century has been the__________.

In what ways are black families different from white families? How do these differences contribute to a perception of the troubled black family?

What are the dimensions of the problem of illegitimacy in the United States? What is the central,or core,aspect of this problem?

Describe the changes in social policy that would most diminish family problems.

Which of the following is/are (an)important reason(s)for the increase in divorces?

In the United States,teenage birth rates have __________.

According to research on the relationship between happiness in marriage and having children,__________.

Families MOST at risk of becoming homeless are those __________.

According to the text,at least __________ children are physically abused each year,and many die as a result.

Recent analyses of divorce rates in the United States and other highly industrialized nations indicates that there is a widening gap between divorce rates among people with high levels of education and those with less education.Sociologist Steven P.Martin has described this phenomenon as a "divorce __________."

Recent data indicate that in the United States about half of all cohabitating couples last less than a year,and that only _______ percent of cohabitating couples are still together after six years.

The __________ family consists of parents,children,grandparents,aunts,uncles,and others living together.

According to the text's discussion of the effects of women's employment,__________.

In the traditional conception of the American family,the husband worked in the paid labor force while the wife worked,unpaid,at home.In 2009,about __________ percent of American families conformed to this model.

The family is seen as a social problem when the pressures for change can no longer be accommodated within the limits of the existing social structures or when those who want to maintain those structures fear that they cannot do so.A common response to such pressures is to __________.

Families adapting to change experience stages in a "family cycle." __________ is NOT an identifiable stage in this cycle.

Which group has experienced the greatest decline in two-parent families?

In their study of the effects of divorce on children,Wallerstein and Blakeslee determined that __________.