The many women who are squeezed between raising children of their own and taking care of parents are called

a) the sandwiched generation.
b) generation X.
c) the stressed generation.
d) the mommy/daughter track.


a) the sandwiched generation.

Sociology

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Aaron has recently moved to the United States and lives in an ethnic enclave. Among the three main reasons that immigrants cluster in ethnic enclaves are all of the following except:

a. discrimination from dominant groups b. their own shared values c. the possibility of increasing social capital d. the desire for diversity

Sociology

Which of the following is an example of a closed-ended question?

A) How do you feel about dancing? B) When can we go dancing? C) Would you like to go dancing tonight? D) When did you learn to dance?

Sociology

Hennessy concludes that the shift in welfare policy to require single mothers to work in order to receive assistance is ______.

a. appropriate and matching the women’s desires be productive members of society b. contributing the growing inequality and reinforcing oppression of and among women c. reckless by forcing women into the workplace d. contributing to the United States’ crisis of care

Sociology