Which of the following is true about widowhood?
a. Women are more likely to be widowed than men.
b. Men are more likely to be widowed than women.
c. Women and men have about equal rates of widowhood.
a
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The argument that our highly specialized labor market offers a wide variety of jobs for people to use their talents and creativity is considered by sociologists to be __________ because __________.
A) a strength of the U.S. economy; a diverse array of jobs are available B) a false promise; of the prevalence of deskilled service industry C) fiction; only some jobs require skilled training D) an attainable goal of the U.S. economy; of job training programs and the expansion of higher education
Which of the following is an accurate statement concerning the current conditions of the elderly in the United States?
a. The economic situation for the elderly has deteriorated since 1960. b. The poverty rate for Americans over sixty-five is lower than the official count indicates. c. Few Americans families in poverty have a female head of household. d. The federal government assumes a higher cost of living for the elderly than for younger people. e. The elderly who are members of racial or ethnic minorities experience much worse conditions than other older people.
Marxian conflict theory supports the idea that crime and deviance are
a. the result of class conflict and the development of capitalism b. a product of opportunities for deviance being created c. the result of the failure of social structures to function properly d. genetically determined
In the U.S. Census of 1890, racial categories included "octoroon," "quadroon," and "mulatto." The fact that such racial categories no longer exist illustrates that:
a. Americans today have a low level of racial consciousness. b. racial categories are socially defined. c. people's understanding of race has changed. d. race is no longer a significant part of Americans' social identity.