__________ is the process by which some societies have moved from high birth and death rates to relatively low birth and death rates as a result of technological development
a. Zero population growth b. Population lag
c. Demographic transition d. Cultural lag
c
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According to strain theory, those who want to achieve success but do so in an illicit manner are __________
a. ritualists b. innovators c. retreatists d. rebels
According to the language of the modern marriage contract,
(a) a wife owes her husband domestic services. (b) a husband owes his wife companionship services. (c) women are no longer treated as the property of their husbands. (d) it provides for radical departures from traditional ideas about the rights and obligations of wives and husbands.
The chapter's sociological analysis of childbearing around the world suggests that the number of children born to a woman reflects ________
a. only her personal preference for family size. b. how many children she can afford. c. whether she lives in a poor or a rich society. d. simply the desires of her husband.
Of the following, which group would not fit the definition of a public family?
A. A lesbian couple jointly raising a child born to one of them B. A divorced mother and her children C. A gay man caring for a partner with AIDS D. A childless married couple with no dependents