Chapter 13: The Future of the Family

500 Those taking a critical stance on family diversity believe that change is a - thing and support - policies that aim to make family relationships - and free individuals from.

good defamilialization more voluntary family dependency

Label the figure according to the amount of time parents in different family arrangements spend on care-related activities for children under 1 year old.

single mothers (9.6) coupled mothers (11.3) coupled fathers (6.3)

478 Diversity among people is known as - diversity and consists of -in experiences or - of individuals.

social differences characteristics

485 Identify each statement as either an accurate or inaccurate conclusion that may be drawn from this figure.

Accurate Conclusion(s) Children raised in married-parent households will have more resources, on average, than those in single-parent households. The economic advantage married-couple families hold over single-parent families has increased.

Identify the consequences of the demographic transition for modern societies.

Consequence(s) A higher proportion of the population is elderly. The cost of caring for children has increased. The population has become better educated.

488 Fill in the blanks to complete the passage about intergenerational inequality.

Parental social class strongly influences their adult children's social class. This influence has increased since the 1960s, when a manufacturing economy offered better jobs for the children of parents with low levels of education.

489 Identify each social factor that leads to some individuals' having either no family or few family members.

Social Factor(s) immigration policies low fertility incarceration

Identify the statement that most accurately describes how modernity theory predicts individual behavior within the family. 493

The freely acting family member chooses family members and how to relate with them.

478 What statement describes something that can be measured by the diversity index?

The probability that two randomly chosen neighbors belong to different social classes.

480-481 Religion is an important part of the family experience for many Americans. Families use religious - to welcome new members of the family, either through birth or -. - to welcome new members of the family, either through birth or- often have strong religious ties.

cermonies marriage praents life rituals

491 Identify each statement as either an accurate or inaccurate conclusion that may be drawn from this figure.

Accurate Conclusion(s) Life expectancies were higher in 1960 than in 1900. There was a decline in fertility in the 1930s.

478-479 Identify each change as either likely or unlikely to increase the racial/ethnic diversity index in the United States.

Likely to Increase the Diversity Index The United States begins admitting more immigrants from Asia and Latin America. The census begins collecting data pertaining to ethnic origin (such as the region of the world from which one's ancestors came) in addition to race.

499 Identify each statement as either supported or unsupported by the liberal perspective.

Supported Statement(s) Gay people should be able to lives the lives they choose. Parent-teacher conferences and other school functions should be accessible to working and stay-at-home moms alike.

499-500 Identify each statement as either supported or unsupported by the critical perspective.

Supported Statement(s) Paid family leave would give men and women the flexibility to care for family members while not worrying they will lose their jobs. The "traditional" family form is disempowering to some.

P498 The singular ideal is a social vision typically promoted by- . The singular ideal promotes the idea that the - , biological, married family is the best family arrangement and that family diversity is -. This position is supported by both - communities and -.

conservatices intact bad reliogus functionalists

Read this blog post on child poverty. What perspective—conservative, liberal, or critical—would most likely support the policy the author suggests?

critical

479 Select the bolded terms that represent factors that would likely lead Dorit and Kelii to have more children than the average family in the United States. Dorit and Kelii, a married couple, immigrated from Laos in their mid-30s and immediately began to plan to build a family. Although they were poor, they were ambitious and hopeful about their new lives in the United States. Living in an ethnic enclave of other Laotian immigrants, they had many new friends and contacts to help guide them in their new country.

immigrated ambitious ethnic enclave

502-503 Fill in the blanks to complete the passage about grandchildren living with their grandparents. A small but important group of families includes grandchildren living with their grandparents, most often in- families in which parents are absent or - Grandparents contribute out of a sense of - and the ability to help.

low-income need help obligation

497 Match each group to its response regarding attitudes toward growing family diversity.

mostly good or makes no differencepolitical independents Correct label: political independents mostly bad people who attend religious services more than once a week Correct label: people who attend religious services more than once a week split evenly between good, bad, and makes no differenceadults ages 35-54 Correct label: adults ages 35-54

The result of a demographic transition is a change in the age structure, which can best be represented by a -. These figures are - at the bottom than the top for countries that have not undergone a(n) - , and they are more like a column if they have. 490-491

population pyramid wider demographic transition