Deck 13: Divorce

Question 1

With regard to sex role attitudes, women who are currently divorced

A)are more likely to approve of married women being employed.
B)are less likely to approve of married women being employed.
C)do not differ significantly from women who are currently married.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Based on the results of Chapter Thirteen, summarize the effect being divorced has on those involved.

Answer 2

no answer

Question 3

What percentage of the respondents in the General Social Survey have ever been divorced?

A)28 percent
B)43 percent
C)58 percent
D)70 percent

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Most of the increase in the divorce rate in the United States occurred between the years

A)1920 and 1935
B)1945 and 1960
C)1965 and 1980
D)1980 and 2000

Question 5

If you were to study a map of the distribution of the divorce rates in the United States you would find that the states with the highest divorce rates are

A)randomly distributed geographically.
B)West Coast and Northeastern states.
C)Southern and Plains states.
D)Western and Southern states.

Question 6

There is a statistically significant difference in the divorce rate between

A)people who have three or more children and those who have none.
B)those who have three or more children and those who have 1-2 children.
C)those who have children under the age of six and those who do not.
D)all of the above

Question 7

People whose parents were divorced tend to

A)have lower levels of education.
B)lower personal incomes as adults.
C)be more likely to get divorced than those whose parents were never divorced.
D)all of the above
E)none of the above

Question 8

According to the results of the map comparisons in Chapter Thirteen, there is a negative correlation between

A)the percentage of college graduates is and the divorce rate.
B)the population growth rate and the divorce rate.
C)the divorce rate in 1922 and the divorce rate in 2000.
D)all of the above
E)none of the above

Question 9

Which of the following statements about the relationship between age at marriage and divorce is (are) supported by the results in Chapter Thirteen?

A)the younger people are when they marry, the less likely they are to get divorced
B)the younger people are when they marry, the more likely they are to get divorced
C)people who marry when they are in their 20s are less likely than those who marry when they are in their 30's to get divorced.
D)marital age and divorce are unrelated

Question 10

Based on the results of Chapter Thirteen, discuss why your state has a high, low, or average divorce rate.

Question 11

The map of divorce rates in 1922 is ___________ to the map of divorce rates in 2000.

A)not similar
B)somewhat dissimilar
C)somewhat similar
D)very similar

Question 12

According to the results in Chapter Thirteen, being divorced is related to all of the following except

A)personal happiness.
B)physical health.
C)gender role attitudes
D)income
E)all of the above are related to the status of being divorced