Your best friend Ji-Yu knows that you are taking this course, and therefore asks you about the effects of cohabitation on children. She is thinking of cohabiting with her boyfriend, but is unsure because she has a child from a previous marriage. Based on what you have learned, which of the following statements would you make to her?
Cohabiting families, as compared to married families, spend a greater amount of money on their children's education.
The effects of cohabitation on children are virtually always negative.
Children who live with their mother and her unmarried partner are at higher risk for poverty, food insecurity, and housing insecurity, compared to children living with a single mother.
Children who live with their mother and her unmarried partner have poorer school performance and exhibit more behavioral problems than do children who live solely with a single mother, with a mother and stepfather, or with two biological parents.
Children who live with their mother and her unmarried partner have poorer school performance and exhibit more behavioral problems than do children who live solely with a single mother, with a mother and stepfather, or with two biological parents.
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Tönnies viewed the process of modernization as a progressive loss of
a. gesellschaft b. gemeinschaft c. mechanical solidarity d. organic solidarity
Research on educational outcomes for students enrolled in school choice programs has found that:
a. students in charter schools perform much higher than the national averages. b. students who are home-schooled typically suffer from a lack of educational enrichment. c. there are no measurable differences in the achievements of students participating in school choice programs and those who do not. d. the children who are home-schooled perform above national averages on standardized tests.
Sociologist Ralph Stogdill has suggested that successful leaders are likely to have all of the following traits except
a. a strong drive for responsibility. b. vigor and persistence in pursuit of goals. c. readiness to absorb interpersonal stress. d. willingness to tolerate frustration and delay. e. a need for reassurance from the group.