Since the 1990s the rate of teenage pregnancy among Black women in the United States has:
Increased dramatically
Decreased
Increased slightly
Remained steady
Of those in the United States who obtain a divorce, about what percent later remarry?
Two-thirds of divorced men
Three-fourths of divorced women
Two-thirds of divorced women
80 percent of divorced women
Some observers, noting the high rate of divorce in the United States, have suggested that the most accurate description for the form that monogamy takes in this country is:
functional monogamy
communal monogamy
serial monogamy
regressive monogamy
Global studies indicate that one-____________ of all women have been beaten, coerced into sex, or otherwise physically abused in their lifetime.
half
third
quarter
tenth
According to anthropologist George Murdock, the most common type of polygamy is:
polygyny
polyandry
serial polygamy
matriarchy
Korean immigrants to the United States obtain the funds needed to begin a business by pooling their resources through an association known as a:
kye
Domestic partnership
Kagemi
Kinship
Which of the following is a factor that has contributed to the rise of the dual income model of the family?
Increase in the number of men with a college education
Increasing birthrate
Shift in the economy of the United States from manufacturing to service industries
All of the above
Which of the following theorists described the family as the ultimate source of social inequality because of its role in the transfer of power, property, and privilege?
Friedrich Engels
Talcott Parsons
Margaret Mead
George Murdock
Which term has been used in the popular press to refer to adult children who continue to (or return to) live at home?
"boomerang generation"
Counterculture
"Brady Bunch" cohort
Generation X
Which of the following is not a function of the family discussed by William Ogburn?
providing of social status
reproduction
economic
protection