Exam 15: Families

Mary's family is a __________ because both of her parents work for pay outside of the home.

Describe U.S.policies and legislation that relate to childcare and discuss their adequacy.

Official definitions of __________ include nonviolent acts such as a lack of sanitary living conditions.

Unemployment and financial instability put __________ at risk of abuse.

A ________ includes multiple family forms and household arrangements that emerged as a result of a number of social factors such as women in the labor force,divorce,remarriage,and cohabitation arrangements.

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

In general,one can say that a "family" refers to a set of social relationships.

How is the social organization of the family affected by violence? In what ways is this linked to a patriarchal society? How do these effects intersect with class and race? Ideal

The federal law providing workers in establishments with fifty or more workers the right to unpaid job-protected leave for meeting family health needs was __________.

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

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

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?

__________ is/are an example of child abuse.

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

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

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

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

Single parents have difficulty coping because of __________.

In West County,African Americans had a high rate of intimate partner violence and a high rate of unemployment.After the recession ended and unemployment dropped,so did rates of intimate partner violence because __________.

Most immigrant families who have come to the United States have come from families characterized by the "breadwinner-homemaker" arrangement.