Discuss how many families use wealth.
What will be an ideal response?
Answers will vary but may include that families use wealth first as a private safety net, and second as a vehicle to launch mobility into middle-class status, homeownership, business development, or a more secure retirement.
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What is the primary day care solution for most employed mothers with children 5 to 14 years old?
a. In-home day care b. Family members c. Licensed day care programs d. School attendance
The emphasis on empirical data in American sociology is rooted in the:
a. demands of government for reliable information b. reform movements around the turn of the century c. rejection of solutions based on theology and tradition d. requirement that the social sciences be thoroughly subjective
The primary source for information on the number of births in the United States comes from:
a. decennial census b. historical data b. administrative data d. vital statistics
Theorists from the _________________ perspective tend to focus on what people do within a stratified structure, such as how they present their authority or lack of authority in their body language.
a. structural/functionalist b. conflict c. ethnomethodologist d. inter/actionist