Exam 15: Families

What is polygamy?

To which of the following do researchers attribute the high cohabitation rates found in Québec?

Artificial insemination is when eggs are surgically removed from a woman and joined with a sperm in a culture dish, and the embryo is then transferred to the woman's uterus.

Canada is one of the first countries in the world to approve the drug Mifegymiso for a medical abortion.

Bernadette was doing background research for a historical drama being produced for television. The production company wanted to make the show as historically accurate as possible, and the senior writer asked her to find out about marriages in medieval France. Which of the following would Bernadette tell her writing team was the dominant motivation for marriage for the characters in their program?

What are the economic and emotional effects of divorce?

Amarjit works part-time as a data-entry clerk at the company where her husband is a full-time computer programmer. They have two children. What kind of family is exemplified here?

Which of the following couples is most likely to experience the highest egalitarian division of household duties?

Sherene has no qualms about returning to work after the birth of her child Samuel since she is guaranteed a spot in a government-regulated, inexpensive, and high-quality daycare. Where do Sherene and Samuel live?

Which of the following is the term used by some sociologists when describing the phenomenon of more surviving generations with fewer family members in each generation?

According to Statistics Canada, what percentage of children under the age of 14 live in a step-parent family?

Trends in marriage, divorce, and childbearing in Canada show a gradual weakening of the nuclear family form in the second half of the 1800s until the mid-1940s, and then continued weakening after the 1950s. What does this phenomenon imply with regard to the immediate post-World War II period?

Friedrich Engels, Karl Marx's close friend and co-author, argued that the traditional nuclear family emerged along with inequalities of wealth.

Describe the dominant family patterns in Canada in the 15 years after World War II.

Twenty percent of North American women aged 40 to 44 have never given birth.

Which of the following married couples is the most likely to share domestic responsibilities equitably?

Compared to couples with children, how do couples without children tend to rate their level of marital satisfaction?

Looking back at their 35 years of marriage, Tony and Desiree agreed that there were certainly ups and downs as far as their marital satisfaction was concerned. Which of the following is most likely to accurately characterize the changes in their marital satisfaction?

Which of the following couples would most likely be a zero-child family?

Living apart together is a living arrangement that falls between singlehood and cohabitation.