Exam 13: The Dual-Worker Family: the Real American Revolution

The research literature suggests that dual-career stress is likely to have the greatest impact on:

In the college graduating class of 2009, all of the following trends were found EXCEPT:

In the past ten years, there has been an increase in the number of women who choose to stay home with their children.

Hochschild found that men who earned less than their wives did:

Better leave policies, more flexible work hours, and on-site child-care facilities at the workplace have been linked to:

Economists have been able to successfully quantify the value of a stay-at-home mom.

Work outside the home can improve and enhance a woman's family life.

Differentiate between the career-oriented and the family-oriented spouse.

Men tend to experience more stress from residential change than wives.

According to Cox and Demmitt, the single largest expense for wives who return to work is:

Dual-earner families tend to produce children whose attitudes are more:

The United States spends more of its gross domestic product on child care and family benefits than most other nations.

The most pressing problem for dual-worker families with children is:

Of the following, the job most likely to be filled by a woman who has broken through the glass ceiling is:

Rachel has been working at her company for 20 years, but she has not moved beyond a middle-management position. Although Rachel would like to advance, there have been many excuses along the way. Rachel is experiencing:

Cox and Demmitt believe that couples need "togetherness" time to:

The glass ceiling is the cumulative effect of various practices that:

Off-scheduling occurs when married couples:

Better educated women will experience less job loss in future recessions.

Both husbands and wives feel the division of labor is fair even when the wife bears most of the household responsibilities.