Which of the following is not true of Latinos in the United States?
a. The rate of high school graduation for Latinos is lower than for whites.
b. Cubans are typically the most affluent Latino group.
c. Mexican Americans have the lowest levels of educational attainment, Cubans the highest.
d. Latinos have the lowest median income of any major minority group in the United States.
e. The economic status of different groups of Latinos varies according to where they came from and when they immigrated to the U.S.
D
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Low-income families
a. spend a much larger proportion of their incomes on energy than do high-income groups. b. consume more energy than high-income groups. c. consume about the same amount of energy as high-income groups. d. spend about 5 percent of their income on energy compared with 20 percent for high-income families.
Which of the following is a category of a variable?
a. male b. Asian c. sociology d. divorced e. all of these are categories of variables
The more global our view of sexuality
a. the more variety we see in the meanings people attach to sexuality. b. the greater the evidence that biology defines sexuality. c. the clearer we see that sexual practices are mostly the same all around the world. d. the easier it is to understand the latent functions of sexuality.
Which of these statements regarding the validity of the human capital theory as it applies to the pay gap is true?
A. Human capital theory is unable to explain the difference in men’s and women’s earnings. B. While factors such as education and age do affect earnings, the earnings of men and women with the same levels of education and prior experience are still unequal. C. Women earn less than men because they work fewer hours. D. Research indicates that there is actually no difference in men’s and women’s wages when the type of work is taken into account.