Sociology- Chapter 5

Which of the following is NOT true about demographic changes in the U.S.?

African Americans remain the largest ethnic minority group in the U.S.

Images of past American families ("traditional families" that were warm, secure, and satisfying, are supported by the historical record.

False

The divorce rate in America is low in comparison to other industrial nations.

False

Trends toward less stable and lower-quality employment are decreasing.

Flase

About half of all young adults now live with a partner before marrying, and increases in nonmarital births in the U.S. has occurred because birthrates have fallen faster for married women than unmarried women.

True

According to your textbook, there are no "family problems" nor a general "decline in family values" occurring in recent years. There have always been "family problems".

True

Evidence indicates that women continue to take care of most parental and household duties.

True

Many studies show that immigrants do not cost U.S. citizens jobs; however, they may cost jobs of some low-skilled workers in slow-growing or stagnant economies.

True

Psychologists worry about growing codependence between "me generation" parents and children that they treat as only an extension of themselves.

True

According to your textbook, which of the following is NOT true about undocumented immigrants?

Undocumented immigrants make up about 15 percent of the total population

The terms "boomerang children" or "adultolescents" refer to _______________.

Young adults in their 20s and early 30s who have left home and. sometime after college, return to their parents.

The population of the U.S. is becoming older. This is due to many factors, including changing norms about the desired number of children, individual improvements in health and nutrition, the control of epidemic diseases and _______________.

availability of contraception

Americans continue to rate ______________ as the largest single source of life's satisfactions.

family life

As cited in your textbook, the overwhelming feeling of millions of workers today is _______________.

fear

The combination of a _______________ and ______________________ combine to create a whole class of poor women with children.

high divorce rate; growth of births out of wedlock

A _______________ is an economic unit of all persons who share the same house or apartment, while a _____________ is two or more people related by blood, marriage, or legal adoption.

household; family

The key to understanding change among American families is the _______________ of types of families and households.

increasing diversity

Which of the following is true about birth cohorts and their relation to understanding change?

size is important, and also the shared, historical experiences