Mary's parents are part of a larger elderly population than her grandparents. This is an example of ___________
a. a higher birthrate
b. a higher death rate
c. the graying of the population
d. a higher infant mortality rate
c
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List three concerns that some people raise concerning gays or lesbians adopting children, according to the text
What will be an ideal response?
Most people in the United States, without any insight provided by the sociological perspective, would probably say that _______ is the single reason that people marry.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Ying lives in China and does not know anything about her biological father’s side of the family. Evidently, she is living within a __________ system, where descent is traced only on the mother’s side.
a. patrilineal b. bilineal c. matrilineal d. egalitarian
Rudy has a pattern of drinking that brings his blood alcohol concentration levels to 0.08 g/dL, which is called __________
a. alcoholism b. binge drinking c. addiction d. overhaul drinking