Test 7

The poorest 20% of Americans control ____ of the wealth.

-.7%

Roughly how many official temporary jobs are there in the U.S. each year?

3 million

About _____ of African American children under 18 live in poverty.

30%

According to the federal government, housing is considered "affordable" if it costs

30% or less of a family's income.

In the early 1980s, corporate executives earned $42 for every $1 earned by the average production worker. By 2017, that figure had increased to

361

Approximately how many poor workers die each year because of occupationally related injuries and disease?

60,000

The richest 20% of Americans now control ____% of the wealth.

84

Which of the following is true of homeless people?

Any racial disadvantage would not add much to their already destitute state.

Which of the following statements is true of the role of affirmative action in college admissions?

College admissions officers are not compelled to institute quotas to meet affirmative action goals.

Among Whites, African-Americans, Hispanics and Asian American men, which group is the most likely to be employed?

Hispanics

Which of the following statements is true of the gendered earnings gap?

It widens with age

Which of the following will negatively affect ethnoracial minorities in blue-collar jobs?

The automation of lower-level production jobs

Which of the following is true of women's role in society?

The lion's share of work at home falls to women, so they are less able to engage in additional activities at the workplace.

Which of the following statements is true of the American middle class of the current generation?

They have fewer opportunities to get ahead than the middle class of the previous generations.

Today, Black women have seen their employment opportunities increase relative to

Those of black men

Unemployment numbers drastically underestimate the employment problem because they typically exclude: a. the poor b. discouraged workers c. the underemployed d. students e. all of the above

e. all of the above

Poor women are often judged harshly for not living up to the ideology of what it means to be a good mother, yet at the same time the governmental programs that aid them

force them to place their work roles above their parent roles.

All of the following are top job concentrations for African Americans EXCEPT:

gardener

Women's wages don't measure up to men's in traditionally male occupations, and women are more likely than men to face subtle obstacles to promotion to a management position, a phenomenon sometimes called the _____.

glass ceilings

When men enter into traditionally female jobs they tend to be promoted faster. This is known as:

glass escalator

Hispanics are most likely to be concentrated in which of the following occupations?

janitor

Among the institutional causes of homelessness in the United States are stagnating wages, changes in government assistance programs, and

lack of affordable housing

An underemployed worker is one who is:

not working in the field for which they have trained

The fact that most nurses are women, and most firefighters are men reflects

occupational segregation

Affirmative Action focuses on:

recruiting subordinate-group members for jobs, promotions, and educational opportunities.

Students in medical, law and other professional schools coming from poor and working-class families seem to have a difficult time "fitting in." This is most likely due to the

subtle forms of bias that can marginalize and alienate those who don't belong.

According to the FLSA, approximately how many hours may a child farm laborer work on a school day?

the number of hours for child farm laborers is not regulated

Immigrants are welcomed in the United States when

there is labor shortage in the country.

Which of the following companies is the largest non-governmental employer in the U.S.?

walmart

Those most likely to be treated preferentially in terms of college admissions are

white, affluent children of alumni