What is the likelihood that children will experience an increase in social class in comparison to their parents?

What will be an ideal response


84 percent of today's American adults have family incomes higher than their parents had at the same age. Those most likely to surpass their parents are the children who were reared at the bottom of the income ladder. Of the adult children who started life there, 93 percent have incomes higher than their parents did at the same age.

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Government officials, marriage and family therapists, and religious leaders have created a __________ that aims to influence public policy to promote and strengthen traditional two-parent marriage

a) marriage initiative b) wedding support group c) selection effect initiative d) marriage movement e) social capital movement

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In a controlled experiment, there are a minimum of two groups. The group that does NOT receive the independent variable is called the:

a. null group. b. comparison group. c. control group. d. equivalent group.

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What are the FIRE enterprises that dominate metropolitan downtowns?

What will be an ideal response?

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What development has helped to narrow the digital divide?

a. The introduction of laptops with long battery times b. The introduction of more solar power options c. The spread in the use of “smart” mobile phones d. The social philanthropy of technology billionaires, who are building the necessary infrastructure in the Global South

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