Exam 12: Family (in Core edition)

Some people may have several spouses over their lifetimes,but in the United States they are legally allowed only one at a time.The legal institution is known as:

At any given point in the past few decades,about how many mothers raising children by themselves have had to go on welfare to get by in the United States?

In much of the Western world,the choice of a marriage partner tends to be influenced by age,education,class,race,and religion.Which of the following explains this tendency?

Sarah Fenstermaker Berk has characterized the American family by examining how women and men learn to take on distinct roles paralleling the divide between public and private spheres.She calls the family a:

Approximately what percentage of U.S.marriages ends in divorce?

Which of the following was a motivation of the welfare reforms of 1996?

The Ozzie and Harriet Nelson type of family was in its prime during which time period?

Working wives generally get less leisure time than their husbands.This is known as:

Recent trends in marriages between people from different races or ethnic groups indicate a:

In the Na culture of China,children grow up with which of the following as male role models?

Discuss three of the main issues surrounding the increasing number of single mothers in the United States.

Which of the following is true regarding single-parent families in the United States and worldwide?

Marriages that cross racial and ethnic lines have become more common in the United States,although most U.S.marriages are still racially and ethnically endogamous.What factors might discourage exogamy?

When a society has rules that limit marital choices to people within their own social group,such as within their social class or religion,this is known as:

Approximately what percentage of Americans marries at some point in their lives?

As discussed in Chapter 12,in which cultures would it be acceptable for a man to marry his 14-year-old cousin?

Discuss three specific reasons why housework is overlooked as a worthy or meaningful activity in the United States.

In the 1960s many social scientists,including Daniel Patrick Moynihan,viewed the strong role held by women in many African American families as:

It is commonly perceived that the divorce rate has skyrocketed since the 1950s,but actually divorce rates in the United States have been:

Structural changes brought on by the Industrial Revolution had major consequences for families. What was one of the primary mechanisms that explains these consequences?