Exam 11: Families and the Work They Do

____________ suggests that the greater the relative amount or value of resources contributed by a partner, the greater is his or her power within the relationship. This power can then be translated into bargaining to avoid tasks such as housework that offer no pay and minimal social prestige.

A study based on 4,476 school-age children in 2,569 families across the United States found that when fathers were involuntarily employed, children had a greater likelihood of repeating a grade or getting suspended from school. This example shows that micro issues, such as unemployment, affect our macro-level personal relationships.

Ordinances that require employers to pay wages that are above federal or state minimum wage levels, usually ranging from 100 to 130 percent of the poverty line, are called ________ ordinances.

Mothers in which race or ethnic group are most likely to work outside the home?

Describe the attitudes towards the employment of mothers with young children.

Activities such as gardening, household repairs, or paying bills are referred to as routine household labor.

The unemployment rate:

Which of the following is true regarding recent women's labor force trends?

People feel greater work-family conflict when (list three/3):

Discuss the changing nature of the economy and work, and be sure to include in your discussion the trend changes in child labor and women's employment.

Parents report spending a greater number of hours with their children than do parents of the past. What two (2)explanations are offered for this finding?

What explanation for the division of household labor is grounded in exchange theory?

Child care is a necessity, but largely a private matter in the U.S. Give two (2)examples that illustrate how it is a private matter.

What is the effect of mother's employment on child well-being?

What are some of the consequences of life in a recession? Your text discusses four (4)consequences. Which is NOT one of these?

According to the studies discussed in your text, which of the following best describes the distribution of household labor?

As industrialization took hold, poor children often worked with their parents in dangerous factories, textile mills, canneries, and mines.

The three (3)types of formal child care arrangements for working parents are ________.

________ is a form of inter-role conflict in which the role pressures from the work and family domains are mutually incompatible in some respect.

List at least three (3)components of the 2010 health care reform legislation.