Exam 14: Families

As a nation, the United States has taken deliberate actions to reduce poverty among __________ while simultaneously allowing __________ poverty to increase.

Many immigrants who have come to the United States have come in __________.

Why are federal support structures toward the elderly much greater than those for children?

Discuss the short-term and long-term consequences of child abuse. What factors put people at risk of committing and experiencing child abuse? Ideal

Kyle is set to graduate from college in a month, but he has not found employment yet. His immediate plan is to become a(n) __________ and move back in with his parents.

Approximately __________ million Americans have been victims of intimate partner violence at some point in their lifetime.

__________ can result in poorer physical and mental health for the child.

Identify and describe the behavioral and financial effects on children in single-parent families. How does this impact their long-term education and job prospects?

Marriage leads to divorce in __________ within five years.

Except for ___________ people of color are more susceptible to domestic violence than Whites.

Nick grew up with Daisy in an upper-class family but experienced __________ when his fortunes took a turn for the worse after a terrible automobile accident cost him everything.

Discuss how social and economic forces work to produce different family configurations. What kind of family form does an industrialized economy produce? What kind of family form do you think we'll have as we move to a service-based economy? Ideal

Why is it difficult to determine the precise amount of child abuse and neglect? Explain.

The highly idealized middle-class family form involves __________.

Single-parent family homes, because they are usually headed by low-paid women, account for a great proportion of children being raised in poverty.

Children in female-headed single-parent families when compared with children from two-parent families have __________.

A dramatic shift in household composition has been the decline in the percentage of households with ___

Knowing that a higher percentage of women of color (with the exception of Asian Americans) are likely to experience violence in a relationship means that we can conclude ____________.

Child abuse can result in __________.

Unemployment and financial instability put __________ at risk of abuse.