Marginally attached and discouraged workers are not counted in the official unemployment rate but represent __________.
A) more than half of the officially reported unemployment rate
B) an important pool of labor resources
C) demographic inequalities among unemployed workers
D) the health of the American economy
B) an important pool of labor resources
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In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries most of the societies that form part of today's advanced industrial world underwent the so-called demographic transition. This was a process in which
a. mortality rates dropped first and birth rates fell later, leading to small family size and a low rate of population growth b. birth rates fell and then were followed by declining mortality rates c. mortality rates fell while birth rates remained high
Segregation for Blacks has __________ over the last 20 years
A) increased B) decreased C) remained the same D) been impossible to measure
In 2010, the percentage of persons age 65 and over living in poverty
a. increased between 1970 and 2000. b. was below the poverty rate for children. c. was slightly less than the rate for persons 18 to 64. d. was 24.6 percent in 2000.
Ryan was raised by a stay-at-home mother and a father who worked in an office 40 hours a week. Carlo was raised by a single mother who worked 40 hours a week in a high-power executive position. Based on research relating to political views, which of the following statements is most likely?
A. Ryan is more likely than Carlo to support social equality. B. Ryan holds more conservative views than Carlo. C. Carlo does not pay attention to politics. D. Carlo is less likely than Ryan to support government assistance programs.