Exam 14: Families

__________ is difficult to measure because the phenomena does not have a uniform definition.

Everyone in the family experiences family events in the same way.

A family where both spouses work is referred to as a __________.

The breadwinner-homemaker pattern __________.

A decrease in financial stability, a loss of identity, and emotional overload are all aspects that apply to __________ in a divorce more than with __________.

Single parents have difficulty coping because of __________.

When a person born into a wealthy class ends up in a lower social class it is called __________.

According to the U.S. Census, a __________ consists of a person who lives alone or two or more people who live together.

Mary and her family owned a house in the suburbs with two cars and sent their kids to private school. After she and her husband both lost their jobs they experienced __________ and now live in a two-bedroom apartment and rely on public transportation to get to and from their part-time work.

The fact that __________ is evidence of the decision made by the U.S. government to help the elderly.

About one in every __________ women has been a victim of a partner's physical assault at some point in her life.

Social and economic forces produce different family configurations depending on peoples' abilities to hook into, accumulate, and transmit wealth, whether from wages or welfare.

Discuss society's response to disadvantaged children and the long-term implications of this. What, if anything, needs to be done? Ideal

__________ are usually better off economically after a divorce.

Discuss how divorce works to make both parents and children victims. Ideal

A family is __________.

Many children of divorce lose their relationships with their __________.

In 2010, ________ percent of married women with dependent children were in the workforce.

Race is a direct cause of intimate partner violence.

The ________ has seen the most profound changes as the result of macroeconomic forces.