When minority populations live in one area and job opportunities are largely in another, this is called

a. Racial dislocation
b. Spatial mismatch
c. Racial steering
d. Blockbusting


ANS: b

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A that it was a lot of work being a single parent. B often felt they were better off than divorced mothers. C had few or no regrets for making their choice. D all of the above.

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A. visiting union B. fictive kinship C. cohabiting couple D. marriage squeeze

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In general, as respondents’ educational attainment increases, the percentage of those who say they “pay rent” for their current home:

A team of researchers is interested to know whether educational attainment affects the likelihood of owning or renting a home. They create a cross-tab with DWELOWN (Do you/Does your family) own your (home/apartment), pay rent, or what?”) and DEGREE (respondents’ highest educational degree), using a filter of “YEAR (2010-2014).” Figure 8.1 shows the resulting analysis.

Figure 8.1


a. decreases
b. increases
c. stays about the same

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