What trend has been noted in the past several decades with regard to religious diversity in the United States?
The United States became more religiously diverse as smaller religious groups have proliferated and the two dominant groups have shrunk
.
In regard to social mobility, what do the latest trends suggest about the social class of children currently in the United States compared to other nations? Compared to children in other advanced democratic countries,
they are more likely to end up in a higher social class position than their parents.
Which of the following aspects of family life have become more diverse in the last half century?
FEEDBACK: Using diversity index measures, we find that in the last half-century, diversity has
increased for age at marriage, racial ethnicity, religious preference, and living arrangements within families
. Which of the following has limited the marriage options for many African-American women?
What is one main reason the number of multi generational families living in extended household has increased over the past several decades?
(Q016) What is one main reason the number of multigenerational families living in extended households has increased over the past several decades?
More adult children live with their parents.
Which of the following statements would most likely be made by a proponent of the critical perspective toward family change?
Which of the following statements would most likely be made by a proponent of the critical perspective toward family change? “
The traditional family form exacerbates inequality and policies that free people from family dependency should be supported.”
Which country has the most upward mobility?
| Rank Country Index Score | 1 Denmark 85.2 | 2 Norway 83.6 | 3 Finland 83.6 | 4 Sweden 83.5 |
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What seems to be the key (although not the rule) to upward social mobility?
How much education you have
. The Davis-Moore Thesis states: That the more society values a particular profession, the more the people in that profession will make.
Which of the following is an example of fictive kin?
Examples. Types of relations often described by anthropologists as fictive kinship include
compadrazgo relations, foster care
, common membership in a unilineal descent group, and legal adoption.
What is the greatest issue facing the family in today’s society?
Violence and Abuse
.
Violence and abuse
are among the most disconcerting of the challenges that today’s families face. Abuse can occur between spouses, between parent and child, as well as between other family members.
What are the recent changes in family?
Passing away of the traditional joint family system and not being replaced by nuclear family system has resulted into a new kind of family set-up in the country. Today, most families
form as nuclear kind of households
and continue to exist as constituents of joint families.
Which ethnic group is most likely to live in an extended family household?
Both Black and Hispanic families
are more likely to live in extended family households, and more likely to be single parents than Whites (Dilworth-Anderson, Burton & Johnson, 1993; Kamo, 2000) .
What are the advantages and disadvantages of living in a multigenerational family?
Advantages outweighed disad vantages, particularly for the oldest generation.
Family closeness and increased tangible resources
were the most frequent advantages given. Intrahousehold family relationship stress and issues of privacy were the most frequent disadvantages identified.
What does it mean to live in a multigenerational household?
That a multigenerational household is one which houses an elder,
or at least is one with more than a parent and a youth child
, is supported by definitions of the term in other contexts. … Two generations: Parents or in-laws or adult children aged 25 or older; a person from either generation can be the head of household.
Which of the following best describes the Interactionist perspective?
Which of the following statements best describes the interactionist perspective? This perspective argues that
people create, maintain, and modify culture as they go about their everyday activities
. This theory states that human interaction is a continuous process of creating meaning from both objects and actions.
How did the Industrial Revolution change the common meaning of family?
How did the Industrial Revolution change the common meaning of family? It shifted the meaning
from extended family to nuclear family
. … American ideology focuses on the importance of marriage and family values and assumes that the family is at the center of almost everyone’s life.
Which of the following factors has contributed to the rise of dual income families in the US?
Which of the following factors has contributed to the rise of dual-income families in the United States?
one’s own ethnic, racial, and religious groups
. the family is the ultimate source of social inequality.
