Deck 14: Work Roles and Life Roles

Question 1

Which of the following statements is true regarding the domestic duties of men and women?

A) In recent decades, men have become more involved with domestic duties.
B) Men tend to do yard work, whereas women typically do housecleaning.
C) Despite the closing gap of hours spent doing housework by men and women, women still spend more time on household chores than men do.
D) All of the above

Answer 1

D

Question 2

One way that suburban lifestyles may be expensive both for individuals and for society as a whole is:

A) Suburban residential developments cover large areas of land, and consume considerable space and energy.
B) Commuting to and from work can take up a substantial part of the day.
C) Automobile-based commuting produces a great deal of air pollution.
D) All of the above

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Commuters in Southern California spend more time getting to and from work than people in all other parts of the country

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Which of the following statements is true regarding differences in working hours between men and women?

A) Women tend to work more weekly hours than men.
B) The working hours of men have significantly increased, whereas the working hours of women have remained stable.
C) More women than men work year-round.
D) On average, women work fewer hours per week than men do.

Question 5

The term trailing spouse refers to the spouse that makes less than his or her partner.

Question 6

For many family members, having more control over the time spent at work is preferred to shorter working hours that are rigidly scheduled.

Question 7

Flexible work arrangements have been found to correlate with:

A) Improved employee morale
B) A greater desire to remain with a current employer
C) More commitment to an employer
D) All of the above
True/False Questions

Question 8

It is estimated that for every hour a woman spends doing paid work, the amount of housework she does decreases by almost a half-hour.

Question 9

The longest working hours are put in by workers between the ages of thirty and fifty.

Question 10

The percentage of women working for a wage or salary in 1965 was greater than it had been in 1945.

Question 11

The Japanese term karoshi means ___________ from over-work:

A) Sudden death
B) Long life
C) Good health
D) Bad life

Question 12

The number of hours worked per week by employed members of the labor force has not fallen significantly during the Great Recession.

Question 13

Workers with college degrees on average work fewer hours per week than workers with only high school educations

Question 14

Schor attributed the expansion of working hours in the 1980s to:

A) Workers, who wanted to expand their time on the job to earn more money or improve their career
B) Employers, who wanted to get the most out of their workers
C) The economy, which was creating higher demands for products and services
D) A and B only

Question 15

According to one study, working fathers with three or more children worked about an hour more a week than husbands with no children.

Question 16

An employee-sponsored Flexible Spending Account is beneficial to employees because:

A) It provides monetary support for necessities like groceries and medical bills
B) Employees can pay for better vacations
C) It allows a worker to receive larger paychecks but at less frequent intervals
D) It reduces the amount of taxes that the government takes out of each paycheck

Question 17

Employees in occupational categories such as ___________ tend to work longer hours than employees in occupational categories such as ____________.

A) Operators; managers
B) Salespeople; blue-collar workers
C) Blue-collar workers; professionals
D) laborers; managers

Question 18

Which of the following statements describes one potential problem caused by a family's need to relocate?

A) The family will lose its network of friends and acquaintances
B) Their finances will be negatively affected, as moving expenses and other costs outweigh the family's income
C) One spouse will have to leave the workforce in order to establish and care for their new residence
D) None of the above

Question 19

The United States leads the world in terms of the number of paid vacation days allotted to workers..

Question 20

Women who work tend to _______________________ than stay-at-home women.

A) Be less depressed
B) Have a better self-image
C) Be more satisfied in general
D) All of the above
E) a and b only

Question 21

Why have women joined the labor force in vast numbers from the 1950s onwards? Has it been simply a matter of economics?

Question 22

Even though we live in an era in which most women work outside the home, why is the household division of labor still so highly gendered?

Question 23

Describe some of the ways through which couples have reconciled or tried to reconcile) the conflicting demands of work and family?

Question 24

Note some of the individual and social influences on the amount of time spent at work.

Question 25

The 1993 Family and Medical Leave Act gives employees the right to take up to 12 weeks of paid leave to care for a newborn, newly adopted, or foster child.

Question 26

According to Schor, why are Americans willing to work longer and longer hours? How have other studies challenged her findings?

Question 27

Why did some 1950's analysts express concerns about "the challenge of leisure"?? Were those concerns accurate? Why or why not?