Exam 10: Families

Two reasons for the increase in single-parent families are increased divorce and

Couples who have lived together without being married are less likely to get divorced.

In many relatively poor and traditional societies, women marry very young, at age 15 to 19.

Since the Industrial Revolution a diversity of family types have emerged, thereby causing the__________family to become less common.

The cornerstone of the U.S. family is the

Marriage of one person to two or more people but one at a time is called

Although more than half of married women are now gainfully employed, they

Good marriages are ʺgreedyʺ by demanding total and undivided commitment.

In traditional societies, romantic love is

Which of the following is NOT a reason for the high divorce rate in the United States?

__________marriages have recently been legalized in only a few countries, such as Canada, Belgium and the Netherlands.

The conflict perspective suggests that the family is a mechanism for

Which of the following outcomes for the family do sociologists predict as the most likely?

Sandra grew up in a family containing her mother, father, and a sister. This family would be Sandraʹs family of __________.

The rise in cohabitation rates

David grew up in the south-side neighborhood of Chicago. There is a fifty-fifty chance that his spouse will come from within

According to the text, the __________nuclear family, which consists of two parents living with children, as not been the typical U.S. family for some time now.

According to the text, more gay men and lesbians live together today than ever before.

In modern American society, for the most part, families prefer __________residence patterns.

Jane was married but after a while she became more concerned about her own needs and interests. She decided to get a divorce and go back to school. Her experience was based on what cause of divorce?