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 is not a function of the family discussed by William Ogburn?
providing of social status
reproduction
economic
protection
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
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
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
Alice, aged 7, lives in a private home with her parents, her grandmother, and her aunt. Alice's family is an example of a(n):
nuclear family
dysfunctional family
extended family
polygynous family
Which system of descent is followed in the United States?
matrilineal
patrilineal
unilateral
bilateral
Which of the following factors is associated with the high divorce rate in the United States?
the liberalization of divorce laws
the fact that contemporary families have fewer children than earlier families did
the general increase in family incomes
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
Which sociological perspective emphasizes that government has a strong interest in encouraging adoption?
Functionalist perspective
Conflict perspective
Interactionist perspective
Labeling theory
