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According to Anthony Giddens and modernity theory, as described in your textbook

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everyone is expected to make individual choices in their family relationships. HINT* Modernity, is short for modern, duh, nowadays a lot of people, individualistically decides ultimately what choices they will make. This is a theory!

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According to conflict theories, who benefits from family structures where women stay home and men work for pay?

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men and employers This answer deals with Conflict Theory simply put social change caused by conflict, while it looks at how new patterns benefits (A) for those while hurting the others (B). The benefit is that women stay at home, while men work(B), and this ultimately benefits the employer (A)

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According to modernity theory, which is a characteristic of the late modern (or second modernity) period?

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Family ties are created by individuals deliberately and by choice. Yes, so again Modernity is the individual choice, and late or second is a continuation of modern institutional transitions and cultural developments

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According to recent feminist family theorists:

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Family types are socially constructed and changing.

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According to the interactionist approach, gender differences within families exist primarily because of

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Everyday behaviors that reinforce the distinction of appropriate gender

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According to your textbook, the consensus perspective takes which view?

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Order is the core of social change WIKI: theory is a social theory that holds that a particular political or economic system is a fair system, and that social change should take place within the social institutions provided by it. HINT: Sounds like a Republican view

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Social Exchange Theory

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Changing Minds. Where one benefits off the other. For example, Alisha makes more than Greg, so to make up for the lost of income differences, Greg stay at home. Societal Changes by exchanging these differences. Rational and mutually beneficial .

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For the purposes of the contemporary census, a family

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Contemporary Census, is the new Census. Currently they seek that having a single household defines a family.

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In the American legal tradition, the definition of family is based on

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marriage and biology.

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Jesus and Maria live together (as intimate partners) but are not married. For census purposes, they are defined as

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A household. Maybe that's because there is no where on the Census form for a household living as roommates?

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Rosa thinks of her mother's best friend, Maria, as her aunt, and Maria treats Rosa as her niece. According to your textbook, Rosa and Maria could be labeled a

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personal family

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Since census categories have __________, we can argue that __________.

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The census changes so often, so we can determine that families have evolved in insurmountable ways.

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The demographic perspective in family studies focus most on

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family and household structures. Demographics = Structure of Households

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The granting of marriage licenses is an example of which institutional arenas interacting?

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State and Family

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What do you think sociologists mean when they refer to the market?

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The market is the arena where labor for pay, economic exchange, and wealth accumulation take place. And where the richer gets richer

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What example does the animated \"Story Behind the Numbers\" infographic offer for one way that market and state forces might intersect to shape family life?

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when the government makes rules to regulate child-care facilities

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One of the ways the state shapes family life is by defining what relationships qualify as a family. In the textbook, the definition of family used by the government is described as the \"legal family.\" What is the legal definition of a family?

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a group of individuals related by birth, marriage, or adoption

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Why is the family considered an institution

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because family relations are influenced by a set of commonly held expectations about how members are supposed to interact

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What do some sociologists, such as Andrew Cherlin, say is associated with a growth of individualism?

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weaker marriage bonds

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Families began having fewer children in the nineteenth century. Which of the following was NOT a contributor to this change?

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widely available information about birth control

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Respect for elders, reliance on extended family networks, and matrilineal descent are characteristics of which Early American groups?

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Native Americans

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In the early 1900s, the reasons for marriage began to change. This cultural shift is known as:

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institution to companionship

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We can argue that elevating marriage to the status of a true love relationship, instead of a relationship based on tradition and economic necessity, might contribute to a(n) __________ acceptance of divorce.

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Increase

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As mate selection became less a matter of economics and status and more an emotional endeavor, young people began the practice of:

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Courtship

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The ideology that dictates that women are naturally ideal for homemaking is known as:

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Separate Spheres

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The idealized \"traditional\" nuclear family, consisting of male breadwinner and female homemaker, was the most common arrangement:

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Beginning of the mid-20th century

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In the early 1900s, the reasons for marriage began to change. This cultural shift is known as:

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Institution of companionship

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An extended family, guided by the authority of the father and functioning based on economic needs, would be considered a:

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patriarchal family.

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A family consisting of two parents and their children, whose priorities are personal fulfillment and common affection, would be considered a:

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Companionship Family

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Between 1900 and 1965 the \"industrial revolution\" of household technologies such as dishwashers and microwave ovens impacted women's household labor in what way?

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Women spent about the same amount of time on housework.

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Over the course of the twentieth century, there was a trend in households from primarily married-couple households toward:

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Emotional expectations became a fundamental weakness.

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The increasing diversity of naming practices is indicative of:

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personal freedom

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Which of the following is NOT a major trend in the historical changes in American family life

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Family size has decreased. The economic function of the family has been transformed. Correct Answer Divorce rates have skyrocketed. Families have become more diverse.

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According to Cohen's book, family wage refers to the

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wage necessary for a male earner to provide for his wife and children

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Growing family diversity has come from which type of household becoming less common?

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Married Couples

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Since the nineteenth century, what has happened to children?

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Lost of Economic Value and more emotional value

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As stated in \"Fewer births and divorces, more violence: how the recession affected the American family during economic recession,\" with the increase in unemployment rate in the U.S., fertility rate dropped steeply among women over the age 40.

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False

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As seen in the video \"The Family in History Decline in birthrates, increase in women workers,\" since 1920s fertility rate in the U.S. has steeply increased and stabilized;this resulted in more number of women joining the labor force to increase household incomes.

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False

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An ethnicity is a group of people with a common cultural identification, based on a combination of language, religion, ancestral origin, or

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Traditional Practices

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Which of the following best explains the decline in marriage among African Americans in the last several decades?

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The lack of marriages available for women

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Erica, an African American woman, gave birth to her first child when she was unmarried and 21 years old. What is one reason sociologists might believe Erica is representative of other African American single mothers?

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Her romantic partner was recently incarcerated due to racial profiling.

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Consider the types of relationships you have with people of different racial and ethnic groups (neighbor, work colleague, close friend, spouse or partner). Sociologists use these relationships (and people's attitudes toward them) to measure

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Social Distance

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According to Daniel Patrick Moynihan's 1965 report, what was the main cause of poverty for the Black population?

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Family Structure

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Despite a remarkable loosening of the boundaries in the United States, most people still live, marry, reproduce, and raise children primarily

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Within their own racial-ethic group

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Since 1880, the race and ethnicity categories on the U.S. Census form have changed

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Every ten years

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The pattern of high educational achievement and intergenerational living by Asian Americans may be explained by cultural traditions, but also by

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highly educated professional parents who provide models and opportunities for their children.

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Lisa has a White mother and a Black father, but when asked to self-identify her race, she chooses Black, not White or mixed. This reflects which of the following

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Correct Answer Correct Response the history of the \"one-drop\" rule Correct Answer Correct Response the fact that people tend to apply the same identities to themselves as others apply to them Incorrect Response the biological basis of race Correct Answer Correct Response the social construction of race

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Which two lines of thought have framed much of the research on black family life and family structure?

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the impact of slavery and family resilience

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Why do some white Americans have a strong ethnic identity while others do not

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Not all Europeans in the United States were automatically considered white.

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According to the one-drop rule

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a white woman could give birth to a black child, but a black woman couldn't give birth to a white child.

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Jamilla, who had a white mother, was brought up to see herself as white. When asked, she would say she was white. However, as she grew older, she began to embrace her Arab heritage and to instead identify as mixed race. Jamilla's example illustrates the strong role of what in racial identification?

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Self-Identification

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Why do sociologists claim that joblessness led African Americans to retreat from the institution of marriage?

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Men without jobs usually do not make attractive marriage partners

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Why is intermarriage the \"litmus\" test of racial and ethnic difference?

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Its frequency allows the measurement of the integration of two groups.

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According to scholars Zhou and Lee in \"Why Asian American Kids Excel: its not Tiger Moms,\"social and economic advancement among second generation Asian Americans has NO correlation with family and ethnic community resources.

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False

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Jarrod O'Reilly's favorite holiday is St. Patrick's Day, since he is of Irish descent. He wears green, throws a big party, and even drinks green beer. But for the rest of the year, Jarrod does not think much about his Irish background, illustrating

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the sometimes voluntary nature of ethnicity.

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The 1942-1964 Bracero Program, which extended \"temporary\" work permits to millions of Mexican workers, had what effect on Mexican families?

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It opened the door for many families to settle in the United States.

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In 1894, Wong Kim Ark, who was born in San Francisco, attempted to visit his parents in China. On his return, authorities declared that, due to which law, he could not be a citizen because his parents were Chinese?

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1882 Chinese Exclusion Act

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Jews share a common cultural identification that includes a combination of language, religion, ancestral origin, and/or traditional practices. According to your textbook, Jews are most accurately described as

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Ethnic Group

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The social process of determining who does what work and for what reward

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Division Of Labor

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Inequality severs as an

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essential function

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Labor of some produces wealth that is controlled by others

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Exploitation

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Weber believes that the opportunity to succeed is

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crucial to define class

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The practical opportunity to achieve desired materials conditions and personal experiences, such as poor people have a lover chance at achieving this

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Life Chances

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The access to resource one has by virtue of relationships and connections within a social network developed by Pierre Bourdieu

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Social Capital

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Rich People tend to marry

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Endogenously, which is within their own groups.

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Patterns of class identity are the results of

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similar economic circumstances and experiences, such as owning wealth and property

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Ways in which we can learn and research Social Class

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The Capitalists and Corporate Managerial Class - The 1%, \"Upper Class\" Middle Class -50% identify Working Class -Much like the middle but less stable Lower Class -8% identify, rely on governmental assistance

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One of the most important trend in the U.S. history of the last half century has been the growth of

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Inequality

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Measures inequality in which 0 represents complete equality whereas 1 represents complete inequality

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GINI index

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Keeping the poor from improving is caused by

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Changes in public policy and family structure

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In the Middle Class: Divergent Fortunes is caused by

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Global Competition

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At the top: The Superrich is caused by

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the 1% has doubled in the past four decased

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Job Loss and Economic Stress in general increases the likelihood of

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Marriages ending in divorce

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Social Class is important for whom?

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The government, such as policies (welfare) and tax

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The federal government uses what to set tax rates?

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Income Categories

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How does the federal government define poorer people?

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The Poverty Line by economy food plans

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When has poverty increased the most?

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2000s

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Lists some things about Poverty

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Is concentrated by race/ethics, and closely related to family structure, homelessness.

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Unmarried Female Head families are in

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poverty

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Sociologists studies the __________ of occupations of fathers with the occupation of their sons

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Mobility

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Why is it difficult for children to escape poverty?

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They follow their parents economic situtations

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People with less income are less likely to

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Marry

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Todays single children parents mothers' are most likely to

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dominate the lower and working class

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Middle Class parents practice

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Concerted Cultivation

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Working Class Parents practice

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Accomplished of natural growth

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Sociologists studies the __________ of occupations of fathers with the occupation of their sons

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Mobility

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One of the most important trend in the U.S. history of the last half century has been the growth of

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Inequality

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The access to resource one has by virtue of relationships and connections within a social network developed by Pierre Bourdieu

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Social Capital

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