Social Inequality Exam 3

In 2010, the median black income was estimated to be about _________ of the median white income.

59%

On average, the median hourly wage of women is ______ percent of what men earn.

77

The U.S. ethnic group with the highest percent of college graduates are ____________ .

Asians

Which U.S. racial/ethnic group has the HIGHEST drop-out rate?

Native Americans

Of the following Latino groups, which one has the LOWEST socioeconomic status?

Puerto Ricans

__________ refers to the physical and biological differences between men and women, whereas __________ refers to the social and cultural meanings attached to these differences.

Sex; gender

Ethnicity and its importance vary from society to society.

True

Of the following, which is TRUE regarding women in leadership positions? Women's movement into corporate leadership positions in the United States is similar to that in European countries. Women have made more gains at the lower levels of government in the U.S. than at the higher levels. All of the answers given. Women have made more progress in the political realm than the corporate realm.

all answers given

Which of the following statements about women's experience in the workforce is TRUE? All of the answers listed for this question. In female-dominated fields, women are underrepresented in positions of power. When women enter male-dominated fields, they tend to occupy less prestigious positions. It is easier for women to rise to positions of power in female- than in male-dominated field.

all of the answers listed for this question

The United States and Japan enjoy similar levels of economic prosperity and productivity, but women in Japan ___________ . until recently, were less likely to be employed than American women. earn less money on average than their American counterparts. All of the answers listed for this question. experience more blatant forms of discrimination.

all the answers listed

Women were granted the right to vote _____________ .

by the Nineteenth Amendment.

Groups that share a unique set of cultural traits that distinguish them from other groups are termed _________ groups.

ethnic

The U.S. Census Bureau currently identifies ______ major categories of people in the U.S. population.

five

The fact that women tend to be clustered in certain types of jobs and men in other types is an example of ____________

gender based occupational segregation.

Discrimination which is the result of policies and structures of organizations and institutions, is known as ______________ .

institutional discrimination

The term for male dominance is _____________ .

patriarchy

The ideology that rationalizes and helps maintain gender inequality is called ___________ .

sexism

Races and racial categories are _______________ .

social creations.

Thinking about the American ethnic hierarchy, Euro-American Catholics would be found in which of the following levels of hierarchy?

the intermediate tier

Women's power in society is increased when ____________ .

their presence in the labor force increases.