CH. 1 STUDY GUIDE

About __________ percent of all American children are expected to live in a single-parent household at some point in their lives.

25

individuals living alone constitute ___ about percent of American households

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Today, only about __________ percent of American households fit the 1950s nuclear family ideal of a married couple with children, where only the husband is employed.

5

The Census Bureau uses which of the following terms to describe a person or a group of people residing together?

Household

The definition of family adopted by the authors of this text includes those who do all of the following EXCEPT

have the same name and background

the likelihood of divorce declines with

more years of education

the ___ family became common in industrial societies because it was better suited for city life.

nuclear

particularly among college educated women, parenthood is

postpone

cohabitation has emerged as a lifestyle

that can be an alternative to marriage

Which of the following is NOT one of the steps involved with making knowledgeable choices?

try to avoid making a decision of possible.