One region of the world has both the highest birth rate and the highest infant mortality rate. Which is it?
a. Latin America
b. Africa
c. Europe
d. Asia
b
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Unemployment can have many effects on the family. For example, a study based on 4,476 school-age children in 2,569 families across the country found that, when fathers are involuntarily unemployed, __________
a. children have a greater likelihood of repeating a grade or getting suspended from school b. daughters are more likely to do chores around the house because they want to be of help to their parents c. sons grow closer to their fathers because of the time the father spent at home, although there was no effect for daughters d. sons are more likely to impregnate girls, but daughters are less likely to get pregnant
The standard metric of racial inequality is to compare the __________ of average white and black families.
a. wealth b. assets c. budgets d. incomes
Matching the following
A. extremely high rates of imprisonment, particularly of African American males B. widely accepted rules about how people should behave C. behavior that has characteristics of both genders D. emotional support but little or no control E. focus their child rearing on obedience and conformity F. high level of emotional support with inductive control G. raise their children to actively enhance their talents and opinions H. goals and principles held in high esteem by a society I. make a difference in children's lives through play and emotional regulation J. low support with coercive control
A crime is a violation of
A. a law for which a governmental authority applies formal penalties. B. formal social norms or informal social norms. C. a law for which there is no sanction. D. societal standards punished by formal or informal sanctions.