This term is used by social scientists when discussing the average number of children that women must have to maintain the size of the population.

a. Replacement mortality
b. Replacement level fertility
c. Replacement value
d. Fertility replacement


b. Replacement level fertility

Sociology

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If an individual pursues a college degree because everyone in his or her family going back five generations is college-educated, the action can be classified as

a. traditional. b. affectional. c. value-rational. d. instrumental rational

Sociology

Nonresponse errors are

a. found only in nonprobability samples. b. found only in probability samples. c. found in both probability and nonprobability samples. d. not problematic. e. none of these.

Sociology

What percentage of Hispanic people have earned a bachelor's degree?

A. 10.1% B. 13.0% C. 19.1% D. 25.6%

Sociology

An essentialist would argue which of the following for why women outnumber men in occupations that involve caring?

a.) Gender establishes different cultures and expectations for men and women. b.) Women are socialized to seek out occupations that involve caring. c.) Women find occupations that involve caring more suitable to their nature. d.) Men avoid caretaking jobs, considering them "women's work."

Sociology