Question 1

What has been one of the consequences of wealthier families reducing their work-family conflict by employing service workers?

Accepted Answer

A)  exacerbating work-family conflict for low-wage workers 
B)  freeing up time for all families 
C)  establishing meaningful connections with service workers 
D)  children scoring lower on standardized tests 
A)  exacerbating work-family conflict for low-wage workers 
B)  freeing up time for all families 
C)  establishing meaningful connections with service workers 
D)  children scoring lower on standardized tests

Question 2

One solution to work-family conflict that people choose reluctantly is

Accepted Answer

A)  reducing the role of family in their lives. 
B)  taking higher-status jobs that allow for more leisure time. 
C)  going back to school to get better-paying jobs. 
D)  taking children out of extracurricular activities. 
A)  reducing the role of family in their lives. 
B)  taking higher-status jobs that allow for more leisure time. 
C)  going back to school to get better-paying jobs. 
D)  taking children out of extracurricular activities.

Question 3

In the United States,care work is much more _____________ than it is in many other countries,which tend to have more _____________ solutions.

Accepted Answer

A)  family-based; bureaucratic 
B)  public; private 
C)  affordable; expensive 
D)  market-based; state-based 
A)  family-based; bureaucratic 
B)  public; private 
C)  affordable; expensive 
D)  market-based; state-based

Question 4

What is one of the consequences of current trends in time use among men and women?

Accepted Answer

A)  Because women earn more money, they are more likely to control family finances. 
B)  Because men get out of the house more, they are more likely to have a fulfilling social life. 
C)  Because women's careers stagnate, they are less at risk in case of a divorce. 
D)  Men and women average about the same number of hours of both paid and unpaid work. 
A)  Because women earn more money, they are more likely to control family finances. 
B)  Because men get out of the house more, they are more likely to have a fulfilling social life. 
C)  Because women's careers stagnate, they are less at risk in case of a divorce. 
D)  Men and women average about the same number of hours of both paid and unpaid work.

Question 5

In recent decades,the most important sociological change to families has been

Accepted Answer

A)  the growing rates of divorce. 
B)  the movement of women's work from their families to the paid labor market. 
C)  children receiving the majority of their parenting from the media rather than their parents. 
D)  the shrinking role of religion on family life. 
A)  the growing rates of divorce. 
B)  the movement of women's work from their families to the paid labor market. 
C)  children receiving the majority of their parenting from the media rather than their parents. 
D)  the shrinking role of religion on family life.

Question 6

Which country offers the most total annual unpaid parental leave for two-parent families?

Accepted Answer

A)  Switzerland 
B)  France 
C)  United States 
D)  Japan 
A)  Switzerland 
B)  France 
C)  United States 
D)  Japan

Question 7

The gender division of labor means that

Accepted Answer

A)  women do the lion's share of housework and care work, and they are concentrated in certain paid occupational areas. 
B)  men and women tend to split labor equally, whether at home or at work. 
C)  women are naturally more capable of performing housework and care work, and they enter those occupations in which they are naturally more talented. 
D)  women have learned to perform tasks traditionally done by men in the workplace, but they continue to perform most housework and care work. 
A)  women do the lion's share of housework and care work, and they are concentrated in certain paid occupational areas. 
B)  men and women tend to split labor equally, whether at home or at work. 
C)  women are naturally more capable of performing housework and care work, and they enter those occupations in which they are naturally more talented. 
D)  women have learned to perform tasks traditionally done by men in the workplace, but they continue to perform most housework and care work.

Question 8

When asked why 25-year-old Joy does more housework than her 28-year-old husband Jim,Joy said that Jim works longer hours and she therefore doesn't mind doing some extra work around the house.Joy's explanation is an example of what phenomenon?

Accepted Answer

A)  Women are usually submissive to their husbands. 
B)  Spouses commonly rationalize unequal divisions of labor. 
C)  Women tend to have low self-esteem. 
D)  Younger couples tend to have a more uneven division of labor. 
A)  Women are usually submissive to their husbands. 
B)  Spouses commonly rationalize unequal divisions of labor. 
C)  Women tend to have low self-esteem. 
D)  Younger couples tend to have a more uneven division of labor.

Question 9

According to data collected from the American Time Use Survey in 2010,men and women spend an average of how much time working per day?

Accepted Answer

A)  8 hours and 20 minutes for men; 3 hours and 35 minutes for women 
B)  7 hours and 30 minutes for men; 10 hours and 50 minutes for women 
C)  3 hours and 50 minutes for men; 2 hours and 30 minutes for women 
D)  6 hours and 40 minutes for men; 6 hours and 51 minutes for women 
A)  8 hours and 20 minutes for men; 3 hours and 35 minutes for women 
B)  7 hours and 30 minutes for men; 10 hours and 50 minutes for women 
C)  3 hours and 50 minutes for men; 2 hours and 30 minutes for women 
D)  6 hours and 40 minutes for men; 6 hours and 51 minutes for women

Question 10

This chapter describes three different types of work: care work,housework,and market work.Name and describe two of the interesting challenges that modern families face.

Accepted Answer

There are at least three different chall

Question 11

Employers are reluctant to embrace a reduction in work hours by shortening the workweek,increasing the number of part-time workers,or offering more time off from work because

Accepted Answer

A)  workers are less dedicated to the company. 
B)  employees have a more difficult time communicating with each other. 
C)  work tasks are harder to allocate. 
D)  they have to train and provide benefits for more workers. 
A)  workers are less dedicated to the company. 
B)  employees have a more difficult time communicating with each other. 
C)  work tasks are harder to allocate. 
D)  they have to train and provide benefits for more workers.

Question 12

Although some people enjoy housework and child care,most prefer to avoid at least the more onerous aspects of those responsibilities.Therefore,when couples negotiate over who does what work,the partner who has a higher-paying job

Accepted Answer

A)  sometimes has more decision-making power and sometimes has less. 
B)  has the same amount of decision-making power as their partner. 
C)  has more decision-making power. 
D)  has less decision-making power. 
A)  sometimes has more decision-making power and sometimes has less. 
B)  has the same amount of decision-making power as their partner. 
C)  has more decision-making power. 
D)  has less decision-making power.

Question 13

When Pravit decided to stay at home to take care of his children while his wife Sumaya worked full time,it might have been likely for the couple to

Accepted Answer

A)  easily adapt to their new situation. 
B)  become even more committed to traditional gender roles. 
C)  encourage gender bending among their children. 
D)  go out on dates more regularly. 
A)  easily adapt to their new situation. 
B)  become even more committed to traditional gender roles. 
C)  encourage gender bending among their children. 
D)  go out on dates more regularly.

Question 14

In the late 1970s,only one-third of Americans thought that mothers' employment was not harmful for their preschool-aged children; 30 years later,that proportion rose to two-thirds,illustrating

Accepted Answer

A)  that women have become better mothers, able to juggle both paid work and child rearing. 
B)  that popular attitudes toward the appropriate divisions between men and women have gradually shifted. 
C)  that Americans tend to value the Protestant work ethic, encouraging everyone, despite their social status, to engage in paid labor. 
D)  the limits of the feminist movement, which failed to make care work a waged occupation. 
A)  that women have become better mothers, able to juggle both paid work and child rearing. 
B)  that popular attitudes toward the appropriate divisions between men and women have gradually shifted. 
C)  that Americans tend to value the Protestant work ethic, encouraging everyone, despite their social status, to engage in paid labor. 
D)  the limits of the feminist movement, which failed to make care work a waged occupation.

Question 15

What trend in child care does the American Time Use Survey find in the last half-century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Men and women have both increased their time with children. 
B)  Men and women have not changed their time with children. 
C)  Men have increased their time with children while women have decreased their time with children. 
D)  Men have decreased their time with children while women have increased their time with children. 
A)  Men and women have both increased their time with children. 
B)  Men and women have not changed their time with children. 
C)  Men have increased their time with children while women have decreased their time with children. 
D)  Men have decreased their time with children while women have increased their time with children.

Question 16

What was the Wages for Housework campaign? What did the campaign try to achieve? Why do you think this campaign was sociologically significant?

Accepted Answer

The Wages for Housework campaign was beg

Question 17

As sociologist Judith Lorber puts it,"Workplace pressures are thought to be unchangeable,so the burden of innovation falls on the _____________."

Accepted Answer

A)  state 
B)  family 
C)  individual 
D)  market 
A)  state 
B)  family 
C)  individual 
D)  market

Question 18

In the last half-century or so,the main story in the realm of work and family has been

Accepted Answer

A)  women opting out of paid work to stay at home with their children. 
B)  the growth of the organized labor movement. 
C)  men's loss of power both at work and at home. 
D)  the growth of market work in the system of care. 
A)  women opting out of paid work to stay at home with their children. 
B)  the growth of the organized labor movement. 
C)  men's loss of power both at work and at home. 
D)  the growth of market work in the system of care.

Question 19

In what order did women historically enter the workplace?

Accepted Answer

A)  first women under 20 years old, then women between 20 and 40 years old, then women over 40 years old 
B)  first single women, then married women without children, and eventually most married women with young children 
C)  first married women who were only children, then women with one sibling, then women with two or more siblings 
D)  first women in the northeastern United States, then women in the southern United States, then women in the midwestern United States 
A)  first women under 20 years old, then women between 20 and 40 years old, then women over 40 years old 
B)  first single women, then married women without children, and eventually most married women with young children 
C)  first married women who were only children, then women with one sibling, then women with two or more siblings 
D)  first women in the northeastern United States, then women in the southern United States, then women in the midwestern United States

Question 20

The most rapid period of change in the gender composition of the workforce occurred in the three decades after 1960 as the proportion of women in the labor force

Accepted Answer

A)  increased from about one-third to three-quarters. 
B)  decreased from about one-half to one-third. 
C)  increased from about one-fourth to nine-tenths. 
D)  decreased from about five-eighths to three-eighths. 
A)  increased from about one-third to three-quarters. 
B)  decreased from about one-half to one-third. 
C)  increased from about one-fourth to nine-tenths. 
D)  decreased from about five-eighths to three-eighths.

What has been one of the consequences of wealthier families reducing their work-family conflict by employing service workers?

One solution to work-family conflict that people choose reluctantly is

In the United States,care work is much more _ than it is in many other countries,which tend to have more _ solutions.

What is one of the consequences of current trends in time use among men and women?

In recent decades,the most important sociological change to families has been

Which country offers the most total annual unpaid parental leave for two-parent families?

The gender division of labor means that

When asked why 25-year-old Joy does more housework than her 28-year-old husband Jim,Joy said that Jim works longer hours and she therefore doesn't mind doing some extra work around the house.Joy's explanation is an example of what phenomenon?

According to data collected from the American Time Use Survey in 2010,men and women spend an average of how much time working per day?

This chapter describes three different types of work: care work,housework,and market work.Name and describe two of the interesting challenges that modern families face.

Employers are reluctant to embrace a reduction in work hours by shortening the workweek,increasing the number of part-time workers,or offering more time off from work because

Although some people enjoy housework and child care,most prefer to avoid at least the more onerous aspects of those responsibilities.Therefore,when couples negotiate over who does what work,the partner who has a higher-paying job

When Pravit decided to stay at home to take care of his children while his wife Sumaya worked full time,it might have been likely for the couple to

In the late 1970s,only one-third of Americans thought that mothers' employment was not harmful for their preschool-aged children; 30 years later,that proportion rose to two-thirds,illustrating

What trend in child care does the American Time Use Survey find in the last half-century?

What was the Wages for Housework campaign? What did the campaign try to achieve? Why do you think this campaign was sociologically significant?

As sociologist Judith Lorber puts it,"Workplace pressures are thought to be unchangeable,so the burden of innovation falls on the _____________."

In the last half-century or so,the main story in the realm of work and family has been

In what order did women historically enter the workplace?

The most rapid period of change in the gender composition of the workforce occurred in the three decades after 1960 as the proportion of women in the labor force

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What has been one of the consequences of wealthier families reducing their work-family conflict by employing service workers?

One solution to work-family conflict that people choose reluctantly is

In the United States,care work is much more _____________ than it is in many other countries,which tend to have more _____________ solutions.

What is one of the consequences of current trends in time use among men and women?

In recent decades,the most important sociological change to families has been

Which country offers the most total annual unpaid parental leave for two-parent families?

The gender division of labor means that

When asked why 25-year-old Joy does more housework than her 28-year-old husband Jim,Joy said that Jim works longer hours and she therefore doesn't mind doing some extra work around the house.Joy's explanation is an example of what phenomenon?

According to data collected from the American Time Use Survey in 2010,men and women spend an average of how much time working per day?

This chapter describes three different types of work: care work,housework,and market work.Name and describe two of the interesting challenges that modern families face.

Employers are reluctant to embrace a reduction in work hours by shortening the workweek,increasing the number of part-time workers,or offering more time off from work because

Although some people enjoy housework and child care,most prefer to avoid at least the more onerous aspects of those responsibilities.Therefore,when couples negotiate over who does what work,the partner who has a higher-paying job

When Pravit decided to stay at home to take care of his children while his wife Sumaya worked full time,it might have been likely for the couple to

In the late 1970s,only one-third of Americans thought that mothers' employment was not harmful for their preschool-aged children; 30 years later,that proportion rose to two-thirds,illustrating

What trend in child care does the American Time Use Survey find in the last half-century?

What was the Wages for Housework campaign? What did the campaign try to achieve? Why do you think this campaign was sociologically significant?

As sociologist Judith Lorber puts it,"Workplace pressures are thought to be unchangeable,so the burden of innovation falls on the _____________."

In the last half-century or so,the main story in the realm of work and family has been

In what order did women historically enter the workplace?

The most rapid period of change in the gender composition of the workforce occurred in the three decades after 1960 as the proportion of women in the labor force

A Sociology of the Family

The Family in History

Race,Ethnicity,and Immigration

Families and Social Class

Gender

Sexuality

Love and Romantic Relationships

Marriage and Cohabitation

Families and Children

Divorce,Remarriage,and Blended Families

Family Violence and Abuse

The Future of the Family

Filters

In the United States,care work is much more _ than it is in many other countries,which tend to have more _ solutions.