soc chap 6 and 9
About ______ of adults 65 or over have experienced some sort of elder abuse.
10%
which of the following regions had the highest child dependency ration in 2000?
Africa
Among the elderly, which of the following examples would likely have the highest poverty rate?
Black woman living alone
_ is the number of children under 16 for every 100 people aged 16-64.
Child dependency ratio
Which legislation defined marriage as the legal union of one man and one woman for federal and interstate purposes?
Defense of Marriage Act
which of the following is a basic tenet of the disengagement theory?
Disengagement is inevitable
______suggests the aging individual and society engage in a mutual withdrawal in the sixth decade of life, allowing the individual to begin the socialization into old age.
Disengagement theory
which of the following regions had the highest old age dependency ratio of 2000?
Europe
Black women are more likely than Black men to marry someone of another race.
F
A person 60 years of age or older is considered "old. "
False
__ is defined as the number of children born to women during their prime fertility period.
Fertility rate
_ are people to whom one is not related by blood, marriage, or adoption but on whom one nonetheless depends.
Fictive kin
Disengagement theory is most closely associated with which of the following theoretical traditions?
Functionalism
Under which president was the $300 million Faith-Based and Community Initiative introduced?
George W. Bush
__ is defined as the average number of years a person born in a given year can expect to live.
Life expectancy
refers to the fact that people are less likely to be living in matrimony than in the past.
Marriage dearth
______ refers to the tendency for women to marry men who are slightly older.
Marriage gradient
s the number of older persons 65+ for every 100 people aged 16-64.
Old-age dependency ratio
______ is the number of people whose incomes fall below the level set by official federal guidelines.
Poverty rate
Elderly women are more likely to live in poverty than elderly men.
T
Globally, Mongolia has the highest marriage rate.
T
According to Trevino, ______ does not seem to value family values as much as other developed countries.
U.S.
A ______ is a legal arrangement that grants some or all of the provisions of marriage to same-sex couples.
civil union
_ is a system in which older citizens have the power to run the government and dictate policies that primarily support people in their own age category.
gerontocracy
In the United States, Medicare provides health care for ____
the elderly
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, what is the definition of a family?
two or more people who are related to each other by birth, marriage, or adoption who share living quarters
The United States first began to record statistics on divorce in what year?
1867
At age 65, U.S. adults today can expect to live about an additional ______ years on average.
19.3
What percentage of divorces happen in the first five years of marriage?
20%
In Japan, about ______of the population is currently 65 or older.
26%
In Japan, the old-age dependency ratio is expected to increase from about ______ in 2000 to about ______ in 2050.
30;75
Among American adults who have never been married, about ______say they do not wish to marry.
32%
In Japan, about ______of the population is estimated to be 65 or older in the year 2050.
36%
On an average day, about ______ of those 65+ are in nursing homes
4%
Among American adults who have never been married, about ______say they wish to do so.
53%
Approximately ______ of older citizens rely on Social Security as their primary source of income.
60%
Today, about ______ of first marriages begin with the couple living together.
60%
According to a recent study, how many baby boomers experience food insecurity?
8 mil
which of the following regions had the highest total dependency ration in 2000?
Africa
______ is not the cause of rising health-care costs; the cost of ______ is.
Aging; dying
which of the folowing regions is expected to have the highest total dependency ratio in 2050?
Europe
Approximately 20% of older citizens rely on Social Security as their primary source of income.
F
Compared to other age groups, those 65 and older have the highest poverty rate.
F
In 2011, a Pew Research study found that almost 7 in 10 Americans said they felt marriage was becoming obsolete
F
In the United States, average life expectancy at birth was about 30 years of age at the beginning of the 20th century.
F
In the United States, the majority of people who have never married do not want to get married in the future.
F
The number of people in the United States who are considered "old" is expected to triple in the next 30 years.
F
The percentage of U.S. adults who have never married has tripled over the past half-century.
F
continuity theory builds on disenegagement theory.
F
George Peter Murdock characterizes the family by common residence and the social functions of economic cooperation, sexual regulation, and child socialization.
T
In the United States, those 65 and older are the age demographic least likely to be the victim of a crime
T
The United States has one of the lowest percentages of people aged 65 and older in the industrialized world.
T
The older a woman is, the less likely she is to find a potential husband.
T
n the United States, Whites are more likely than either Blacks or Hispanics to be married.
T
symbolic interation assumes that individuals in a society communicate via cultural symbols and shared meaning
T
Which theory views family as a set of subsystems defined by boundaries and striving toward social equilibrium?
family systems theory
A household's lack of access to nutritious food on a regular basis is called ______.
food insecurity
In terms of age, ______ have the lowest poverty rate.
people aged 50-64
Which of the following groups is least likely to be the victim of a crime?
people aged 65 or older
according to the us census bureau, what is the definition of a household
people who share living quarters
Which perspective suggests that social policies, including those affecting the elderly, are subject to dominant political and economic ideological beliefs that reinforce advantages and disadvantages in the larger society?
political economy of aging
______ refers to the supply of potential marriageable partners.
pool of eligibles
Compared to cohabitors, married partners are more likely to have done all of the following EXCEPT ______.
previously divorced
__ is the ability not just to bounce back from change or troubles but to spring forward into the future.
resilience
Least common reported form of elder abuse
sexual abuse
Which theory posits that individuals will draw on personal resources to maximize rewards and minimize costs when forming, maintaining, or dissolving a relationship?
social exchange theory
_ is a position that advocates traditional marriage and warns against the sexual revolution, teenage pregnancy, and same-sex marriage.
Marriage movement
_ refers to the severely imbalanced sex ratio experienced by Black women.
Marriage squeeze
is the number of children under 16 and older persons 65+ for every 100 people aged 16-64.
Total dependency ratio
is defined as efforts to use a person's perceived or real chronological age as the basis for discriminatory actions
agism
Unrelated and unmarried adults in an intimate relationship sharing living quarters are referred to as ______
cohabiting
The ______ refers to the number of divorces per 1,000 people.
crude divorce rate
Which theory views family systems as embedded in natural or human-made physical, social, and other environments?
family ecology theory
Which theory examines the developmental processes and outcomes as families move through a series of normative stages across the life course?
family life course development theory
Compared to non-cohabitors, unmarried partners are more likely to ______.
have lived without a father in the home
Compared to unmarried parents, married parents are _____
less likely to begin parenting in their teens
All of the following factors helped to keep divorce rates low throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries EXCEPT ______.
male incarceration rates
Disputes over the state of American society, including the presumed decline of the family, are often known as the ______
marriage movement
In the United States, health care for those 65 and older is provided by ______.
medicare
the most common reported form of elder abuse
neglect
scribes the circumstances of those who are able to live independently, provide for their economic well-being, purchase nutritious foods, and meet their clothing and transportation needs.
normal aging
All of the following contribute to the marriage squeeze for Black women EXCEPT ______.
ow rates of unemployment for Black men
n terms of age, ______ is the fastest growing segment of the U.S. population.
people 85 years of age or older
Activity theory is most closely associated with which of the following theoretical traditions?
symbolic interactionism
The idea that the family remains the primary institution through which children are socialized is synonymous with which sociological perspective?
symbolic interactionist
All of the following are examples of agism EXCEPT
taking an elderly relative to the doctor for a checkup
Researchers studying premarital relationships among women in sub-Saharan Africa found that unmarried women who are poor are more likely to engage in ______, the receipt of money and gifts from a male partner in exchange for sexual activities.
transactional sex
In the last 50 years, the percentage of American adults who are divorced or separated has ______.
tripled
Over the last half-century, the percentage of Americans who are divorced has almost ______, and the percentage of never-marrieds has almost ______.
tripled; doubled
Unmarried parents who are romantically involved but living apart are known as a ______
visiting union
