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At the beginning of the twenty-first century, _____ of married women work outside the home in _____ jobs.

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A majority; part time

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Which of the following factors is not related to women's increased participation in the labor force?

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expansion of manufacturing jobs

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The historic rise in married women's labor for participation appears to have peaked in

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2000

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Tronto (1993 and others believe that we overvalue individualism and _________ and undervalue interdependence and __________.

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Autonomy; caring

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Time study diaries that covered almost 40 years compared the changes in the amount of time women and men spent in household work and they found

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A. all of the above!! b. men were spending more hours in housework c. women were spending fewer hours in housework d. women were spending 4 times as many minutes caring for children than were men

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The percentage of Americans who work very long weeks (50 hours or more is higher than in

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a. the United Kingdom b. France C. all of the above!! d. Germany

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Face-to-face activity in which one person meets the needs of another who cannot fully care for herself or himself is called

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Care Work

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The transfer of mood or behavior between work and home is called

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Spillover

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One-third of all dual-earner married couples arrange for childcare by

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Working different shifts

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Most childcare assistance currently offered by U.S. business firms benefits

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The middle-class

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The most common and widely used employee benefit is

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Flextime

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The first parental leave act passed by U.S. Congress in 1993 (and still in effect provided parental leave under the following conditions

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12 weeks unpaid leave in firms with more than 50 employees

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People who do paid care work

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A) earn less than people who do comparable work B) have jobs that are devalued in the labor market C) often are experiencing "free-riding" from others D) all of the above!!!!!!!!!!!!

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In 2004, what percentage of all workers had evening, night, or rotating schedules?

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18

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One of the most important twentieth-century developments for the family has been

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The movement of married women into employment outside the home

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Some observers have suggested that balancing work and family has become difficult for Americans because they are

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Working longer hours

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By the mid-200s, what percentage of wage and salary workers telecommuted on an average day?

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10

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Of the three types of parenting styles that Baumrind researched, the __________ parenting style seems to produce children who are more socially competent.

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Authoritative

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The "typical" adoption in the United States since the 1970s is due to

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a. the development of the birth control pill. b. the legalization of abortion. c. the decline in unplanned births. d. all of these!!!!

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The different manner in which parents treat male and female children can be attributed to ______, which have little to do with true biological differences.

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Gender roles

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The major source of primary socialization for children in the United States is

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Family

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Two important aspects of U.S. parents' socialization of their children include

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Provision for emotional support and exercise of control

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The best parents (that is, those who are most likely to produce children who are socially competent perform three tasks well: they set clear standards, they enforce standards consistently without harsh punishment, and they __________.

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Provide substantial emotional support

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An important difference between working-class and middle-class parents with respect to socialization is

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That working-class parents stress qualities that will allow their children to enter blue-collar jobs and middle-class parents stress qualities that will allow their children to enter white-collar jobs

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In the United States each class socializes its children to:

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Fit the same kinds of job positions they themselves have

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The changing nature of adoption is reflected in the fact that

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A significant portion of adopted children are foreign born

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Recent research on fathering suggests that:

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The father's involvement is correlated with positive development in both sons and daughters

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In studies of white, middle-class families in Iowa who were under economic pressure, Elder and Conger found that fathers in these families

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Were irritable and hostile toward their wives and children

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About half of the disadvantages of living in a single- parent family are due to

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Low income

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On the basis of available research findings, which of the following is not an influence fathers have on their children's lives?

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Rough and tumble play

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The few, and admittedly biased, studies of children growing up in lesbian families compared to heterosexual families show that

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Little difference between the two types of families

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Families that maintain continual contact with each other though they live in different countries are called

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Transnational families

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People surveyed in 2003 believed what percentage of children lived in poverty:

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30%

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Socialization of children is closely correlated with:

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Cultural norms and values

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Studies on the effects of unemployment on families have shown that

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Unemployment places stress on parents who then often act hostile toward their children

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Who was the very first person(s) to be granted a divorce in England?

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John Manners and Lord Roos

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On the basis of the most recently available information, the racial-ethnic group with the highest divorce rate in the United States is

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African American

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All of the following were official reasons for divorce in the era of divorce tolerance, except

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Emotional dissatisfaction

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The typical waiting period for a divorce in the United States is _____, which is _____ than most other Western countries.

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One year or less; lower

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Joint legal custody between divorcing parents is primarily valuable as _____ in contemporary U.S. society.

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A symbol of the father's continuing responsibility for his children

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Women's employment in the United States has had the effect, overall, of

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Making divorce more likely.

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Which of the following individual risk factors increases the likelihood of divorce?

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a. unemployment b. young age at marriage c. being African American d.Premartial cohabitation e. all of the these !!!!

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In the era of restricted divorce, countries with that were predominantly __________ were more liberal about divorce.

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Protestants

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Which of the following was not grounds for divorce in the American colonies?

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Financial difficulties

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Today, looking at the divorce rates as they are, we can say that they have _________________ as they were in the 1980s

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Decreased slightly

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In the era of restricted divorce, men were more likely to be granted a divorce based on adultery than women. This was due primarily to the fact that

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In an agricultural economy, men needed to control labor (children) by controlling sexual access to their wives.

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Which of the following were not grounds for divorce during the era of divorce tolerance?

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Emotional dissatisfaction

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One of the most consistent findings of the research into the effects of divorce is that

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Fathers are not very involved with their children after divorce.

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The woman that is least likely to obtain a legal divorce after separation?

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African American woman

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Of the following couples, which one is the least likely to divorce in contemporary U.S. society?

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Couples with the same religious background

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