Question 1

How is income is related to housework?

Accepted Answer

A) Income is not related to housework. 
B) Families with larger incomes are more likely to pay others to do some housework. 
C) Families with larger incomes spend more on high-quality frozen convenience foods but actually spend less on eating out. 
D) Non-working wives in families with larger incomes from one worker (husbands)do more housework and cooking.These families,therefore,spend less on hiring housework or eating out than families with smaller incomes with two workers. 
A) Income is not related to housework. 
B) Families with larger incomes are more likely to pay others to do some housework. 
C) Families with larger incomes spend more on high-quality frozen convenience foods but actually spend less on eating out. 
D) Non-working wives in families with larger incomes from one worker (husbands)do more housework and cooking.These families,therefore,spend less on hiring housework or eating out than families with smaller incomes with two workers. B

Question 2

Interviews about the work done by people who purchase,prepare and serve food to their families show that they consider it

Accepted Answer

A) an act of love. 
B) the most monotonous and tedious of household tasks. 
C) an exercise of power since they make all the choices. 
D) alienating since it takes less time to eat than it does to prepare for and clean up after each meal. 
A) an act of love. 
B) the most monotonous and tedious of household tasks. 
C) an exercise of power since they make all the choices. 
D) alienating since it takes less time to eat than it does to prepare for and clean up after each meal. D

Question 3

Hochschild (cited by Aulette)studied husbands and wives about the division of housework.She found that men either share the work or they resist by using various strategies.These strategies include all of the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A) Passively avoid taking responsibility by forgetting things,doing tasks in an unskilled way,and waiting to be asked. 
B) Reducing the need for the tasks by redefining the situation ("Change the sheets less often" or "Let's go to McDonald's for dinner.") 
C) Increases emotional support for his wife without doing more housework. 
D) Claiming a "man's right" to not do "women's work." 
A) Passively avoid taking responsibility by forgetting things,doing tasks in an unskilled way,and waiting to be asked. 
B) Reducing the need for the tasks by redefining the situation ("Change the sheets less often" or "Let's go to McDonald's for dinner.") 
C) Increases emotional support for his wife without doing more housework. 
D) Claiming a "man's right" to not do "women's work." B

Question 4

Research has found which of the following relationships between social class and the division of unpaid labor in households?

Accepted Answer

A) No relationship between social class and the division of housework. 
B) A positive relationship: middle-class men did a greater share of housework than working-class men. 
C) An inverse relationship: working class men did a greater share of housework than middle-class men. 
D) A curvilinear relationship: both working-class men and upper-class men did a smaller proportion of housework than middle-class men. 
A) No relationship between social class and the division of housework. 
B) A positive relationship: middle-class men did a greater share of housework than working-class men. 
C) An inverse relationship: working class men did a greater share of housework than middle-class men. 
D) A curvilinear relationship: both working-class men and upper-class men did a smaller proportion of housework than middle-class men.

Question 5

Housewives interviewed by Oakley (cited by Aulette)identified three problems associated with their occupation.These include all of the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A) The work is monotonous,never-ending,and lonely. 
B) The long hours limit what they are able to do. 
C) Since it is unpaid,the work is devalued. 
D) Since there are no recognized achievements,promotions,or raises,the women feel no sense of accomplishment or success. 
A) The work is monotonous,never-ending,and lonely. 
B) The long hours limit what they are able to do. 
C) Since it is unpaid,the work is devalued. 
D) Since there are no recognized achievements,promotions,or raises,the women feel no sense of accomplishment or success.

Question 6

The majority of people providing long-term care for dependent elderly are

Accepted Answer

A) wives caring for older husbands. 
B) nurses and aides in nursing homes. 
C) social workers,housekeepers,personal care attendants,and volunteers who go to the homes of the elderly to delay their admission to nursing homes. 
D) sons for fathers and daughters for mothers. 
A) wives caring for older husbands. 
B) nurses and aides in nursing homes. 
C) social workers,housekeepers,personal care attendants,and volunteers who go to the homes of the elderly to delay their admission to nursing homes. 
D) sons for fathers and daughters for mothers.

Question 7

When men participate in housework they report feelings of

Accepted Answer

A) satisfaction and pleasure at serving their families. 
B) freedom from the timeclocks and pressures of paid jobs. 
C) demoralization,sadness,helplessness,and hopelessness. 
D) pride for efficiency and accomplishment in a traditional women's tasks. 
A) satisfaction and pleasure at serving their families. 
B) freedom from the timeclocks and pressures of paid jobs. 
C) demoralization,sadness,helplessness,and hopelessness. 
D) pride for efficiency and accomplishment in a traditional women's tasks.

Question 8

Because of changes in technology since 1900,the total number of hours doing housework has

Accepted Answer

A) declined significantly. 
B) increased because of the time required to use the new appliances. 
C) remained about the same because so few people have access to the new technology. 
D) remained about the same because the tasks have changed. 
A) declined significantly. 
B) increased because of the time required to use the new appliances. 
C) remained about the same because so few people have access to the new technology. 
D) remained about the same because the tasks have changed.

Question 9

When women work outside the home,who is more likely to pick up the housework that was previously done by the women?

Accepted Answer

A) A nanny or babysitter 
B) A cleaning service 
C) Children 
D) Husbands 
A) A nanny or babysitter 
B) A cleaning service 
C) Children 
D) Husbands

Question 10

Hochschild (cited by Aulette)studied husbands and wives about the division of housework.She found that women use all of the following strategies to resolve problems with the division of housework EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A) Actively try to change their husbands. 
B) Marry men who share the work. 
C) Become supermoms. 
D) Passively avoid taking responsibility by forgetting things. 
A) Actively try to change their husbands. 
B) Marry men who share the work. 
C) Become supermoms. 
D) Passively avoid taking responsibility by forgetting things.

Question 11

Research on housework between 1965 and 2009 shows that time spent on housework varies by gender and employment.All of the following are true,EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A) Women do more housework than men. 
B) The amount of housework women do declined. 
C) The amount of housework men do increased. 
D) The time spent on childcare increased for men and decreased for women. 
A) Women do more housework than men. 
B) The amount of housework women do declined. 
C) The amount of housework men do increased. 
D) The time spent on childcare increased for men and decreased for women.

Question 12

One of the first and most famous books of the Second Wave of the Women's Movement is The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan.In it she exposes "the problem without a name," which refers to

Accepted Answer

A) sexual harassment on the job. 
B) the isolation,fatigue and depression of middle-class housewives. 
C) sexism in the media and sex discrimination in the workplace. 
D) family violence. 
A) sexual harassment on the job. 
B) the isolation,fatigue and depression of middle-class housewives. 
C) sexism in the media and sex discrimination in the workplace. 
D) family violence.

Question 13

Several demographic and social changes are increasing the importance of elder care in families.All of the following are true EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A) High divorce rates may eliminate care for elderly by spouses,shifting the responsibility to children of those older people. 
B) Childbearing at later ages means that women will more likely be simultaneously caring for young children and aging parents. 
C) Increasing birthrates mean more siblings to share elder care. 
D) Only about one-third of those older people who need care are living in nursing homes. 
A) High divorce rates may eliminate care for elderly by spouses,shifting the responsibility to children of those older people. 
B) Childbearing at later ages means that women will more likely be simultaneously caring for young children and aging parents. 
C) Increasing birthrates mean more siblings to share elder care. 
D) Only about one-third of those older people who need care are living in nursing homes.

Question 14

White and Brinkerhoff (cited by Aulette)examined reasons why parents asked children to do housework.What is the most common reason parents give for wanting children to do housework?

Accepted Answer

A) It builds character and helps children learn responsibility. 
B) It helps to keep the household clean when the adults are too busy to do everything. 
C) Children are messy and should learn to clean up their own messes. 
D) Children are more likely to appreciate a clean house when they have done the work to make it so. 
A) It builds character and helps children learn responsibility. 
B) It helps to keep the household clean when the adults are too busy to do everything. 
C) Children are messy and should learn to clean up their own messes. 
D) Children are more likely to appreciate a clean house when they have done the work to make it so.

Question 15

All of the following regarding the provision of health care as a housework task are true EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A) Home-based provision of health care diminished between 1920 and 1980 with the higher rate of admissions to hospitals and nursing homes. 
B) Home-based provision of health care increased since 1983 with government requirements to reduce hospitalization. 
C) Home-based provision of health care is carried out primarily by women in families. 
D) Home-based provision of health care continues to diminish because the labor participation by women continues to increase. 
A) Home-based provision of health care diminished between 1920 and 1980 with the higher rate of admissions to hospitals and nursing homes. 
B) Home-based provision of health care increased since 1983 with government requirements to reduce hospitalization. 
C) Home-based provision of health care is carried out primarily by women in families. 
D) Home-based provision of health care continues to diminish because the labor participation by women continues to increase.

Question 16

Research cited by Aulette indicated that when women start to work outside the home,

Accepted Answer

A) children are more likely than husbands to do some of the chores previously done by women. 
B) husbands are more likely than children to do some of the chores previously done by women. 
C) neither husbands nor children do some of the chores previously done by women.It simply does not get done. 
D) husbands and children do an approximately equal amount of the work previously done by the women. 
A) children are more likely than husbands to do some of the chores previously done by women. 
B) husbands are more likely than children to do some of the chores previously done by women. 
C) neither husbands nor children do some of the chores previously done by women.It simply does not get done. 
D) husbands and children do an approximately equal amount of the work previously done by the women.

Question 17

Confucian patriarchy is characterized by the Rule of Three Obedience.It refers to

Accepted Answer

A) children's obedience to their fathers,their mothers and their emperor. 
B) women's obedience to their fathers,husbands and sons. 
C) men's obedience to their father,patrilineal ancestors,and emperor. 
D) men and women's obedience to their fathers,grandfathers,and great-grandfathers. 
A) children's obedience to their fathers,their mothers and their emperor. 
B) women's obedience to their fathers,husbands and sons. 
C) men's obedience to their father,patrilineal ancestors,and emperor. 
D) men and women's obedience to their fathers,grandfathers,and great-grandfathers.

Question 18

Romero (cited by Aulette)identified a number of strategies Chicana domestic workers use to maintain control over their work.Their overriding goal is to

Accepted Answer

A) leave domestic work in favor of better paying,more regular jobs. 
B) move away from selling their labor and toward selling a service. 
C) becoming more equal social friends with their employers. 
D) sending their children to college so the next generation will not have to rely on domestic work. 
A) leave domestic work in favor of better paying,more regular jobs. 
B) move away from selling their labor and toward selling a service. 
C) becoming more equal social friends with their employers. 
D) sending their children to college so the next generation will not have to rely on domestic work.

Question 19

The largest single occupation in the United States is

Accepted Answer

A) truck driver 
B) teacher 
C) housework 
D) retail clerk 
A) truck driver 
B) teacher 
C) housework 
D) retail clerk

Question 20

Research shows that employed mothers have _______ self-esteem,_______ depression,and ______ anxiety than housewives.

Accepted Answer

A) higher ...less ...more 
B) lower ...more ...less 
C) higher ...less ...less 
D) lower ...more ...more 
A) higher ...less ...more 
B) lower ...more ...less 
C) higher ...less ...less 
D) lower ...more ...more

How is income is related to housework?

Interviews about the work done by people who purchase,prepare and serve food to their families show that they consider it

Hochschild (cited by Aulette)studied husbands and wives about the division of housework.She found that men either share the work or they resist by using various strategies.These strategies include all of the following EXCEPT:

Research has found which of the following relationships between social class and the division of unpaid labor in households?

Housewives interviewed by Oakley (cited by Aulette)identified three problems associated with their occupation.These include all of the following EXCEPT:

The majority of people providing long-term care for dependent elderly are

When men participate in housework they report feelings of

Because of changes in technology since 1900,the total number of hours doing housework has

When women work outside the home,who is more likely to pick up the housework that was previously done by the women?

Hochschild (cited by Aulette)studied husbands and wives about the division of housework.She found that women use all of the following strategies to resolve problems with the division of housework EXCEPT:

Research on housework between 1965 and 2009 shows that time spent on housework varies by gender and employment.All of the following are true,EXCEPT:

One of the first and most famous books of the Second Wave of the Women's Movement is The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan.In it she exposes "the problem without a name," which refers to

Several demographic and social changes are increasing the importance of elder care in families.All of the following are true EXCEPT:

White and Brinkerhoff (cited by Aulette)examined reasons why parents asked children to do housework.What is the most common reason parents give for wanting children to do housework?

All of the following regarding the provision of health care as a housework task are true EXCEPT:

Research cited by Aulette indicated that when women start to work outside the home,

Confucian patriarchy is characterized by the Rule of Three Obedience.It refers to

Romero (cited by Aulette)identified a number of strategies Chicana domestic workers use to maintain control over their work.Their overriding goal is to

The largest single occupation in the United States is

Research shows that employed mothers have ___ self-esteem,_ depression,and ____ anxiety than housewives.

How to Study Families in the Twenty-First Century

A History of Usfamilies With a Focus on European Americans

A History of Usfamilies With a Focus on African Americans

Families and the Economic System

Families and the Organization of Race Ethnicity,class,and Gender

Work and Family

Love and Sex

Marriage

Divorce and Remarriage

Violence in Families

Parents

Children

Families,family Policy,and the State

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Exam 7: Housework

How is income is related to housework?

Interviews about the work done by people who purchase,prepare and serve food to their families show that they consider it

Hochschild (cited by Aulette)studied husbands and wives about the division of housework.She found that men either share the work or they resist by using various strategies.These strategies include all of the following EXCEPT:

Research has found which of the following relationships between social class and the division of unpaid labor in households?

Housewives interviewed by Oakley (cited by Aulette)identified three problems associated with their occupation.These include all of the following EXCEPT:

The majority of people providing long-term care for dependent elderly are

When men participate in housework they report feelings of

Because of changes in technology since 1900,the total number of hours doing housework has

When women work outside the home,who is more likely to pick up the housework that was previously done by the women?

Hochschild (cited by Aulette)studied husbands and wives about the division of housework.She found that women use all of the following strategies to resolve problems with the division of housework EXCEPT:

Research on housework between 1965 and 2009 shows that time spent on housework varies by gender and employment.All of the following are true,EXCEPT:

One of the first and most famous books of the Second Wave of the Women's Movement is The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan.In it she exposes "the problem without a name," which refers to

Several demographic and social changes are increasing the importance of elder care in families.All of the following are true EXCEPT:

White and Brinkerhoff (cited by Aulette)examined reasons why parents asked children to do housework.What is the most common reason parents give for wanting children to do housework?

All of the following regarding the provision of health care as a housework task are true EXCEPT:

Research cited by Aulette indicated that when women start to work outside the home,

Confucian patriarchy is characterized by the Rule of Three Obedience.It refers to

Romero (cited by Aulette)identified a number of strategies Chicana domestic workers use to maintain control over their work.Their overriding goal is to

The largest single occupation in the United States is

Research shows that employed mothers have _______ self-esteem,_______ depression,and ______ anxiety than housewives.

How to Study Families in the Twenty-First Century

A History of Usfamilies With a Focus on European Americans

A History of Usfamilies With a Focus on African Americans

Families and the Economic System

Families and the Organization of Race Ethnicity,class,and Gender

Work and Family

Love and Sex

Marriage

Divorce and Remarriage

Violence in Families

Parents

Children

Families,family Policy,and the State

Filters

Research shows that employed mothers have ___ self-esteem,_ depression,and ____ anxiety than housewives.