What do demographers study? Why is their work important?
What will be an ideal response?
Demographers are sociologists who study trends in population characteristics. Their work can predict increasing stressors on social institutions. One example of this is the increasing reliance on the social institution of health care as the Baby Boomer generation ages.
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This branch of the men’s movement encourages men to develop the emotional capacities that society approves of in women but discourages in men.
a. Mythopoetic men b. The White Ribbon Campaign (WRC) c. Free Men d. Profeminist men e. Postfeminist men
Sam Ravich has a wife and four children. All of his life he has worked at jobs that paid minimal wages. However hard he tries, he never seems to have enough money to buy things that other Americans would see as providing a comfortable lifestyle. Which of the following terms would sociologists use to describe the Ravich family?
a. lower class b. marginal working class c. working class d. working poor
Firearms are used as a weapon in _____________ percent of violent crimes
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
All of the following statements are true regarding Puerto Rico EXCEPT that
A. it has the right to elect its own governor. B. it is subject to U.S. law. C. it has a nonvoting delegate to Congress. D. its residents can vote for president.