What is considered a “family household”? How has the family household in the United States changed since the 1970s? Provide three specific examples.

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but should include a definition of a family household as a household consisting of two or more people who occupy a given domicile and are related by blood, marriage, or adoption. Changes might include: Family households are in decline since 1970 but still make up about two thirds of households in the United States. People are living longer and can maintain household and family structure for more years. Women outlive men, which means many women who were in family households live out the end of life alone or in a nonfamily household. Family households are smaller than in the past because people have fewer children, and there are declines in the birth rates for married women in two-parent families but increases in families with one parent. Finally, the Great Recession did cause a slight uptick in the number of people living in some form of family household, which may be an effect of the poor economy forcing people to move in together.

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A) The result was statistically significant. B) There were 30 participants in the study. C) The t score was 4.21. D) All of the above.

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One issue that concerns social scientists, according to this article, about the new forms of social networking is best expressed in which of the following statements?

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A judge and her gavel. A cop and his gun. A lawyer and her power suit. A ____ would be most concerned with the parts these objects play in impression management.

a. Conflict theorist b. Functionalist c. Symbolic interactionist d. Feminist

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