Owning a home, possessing a retirement fund, and owning stock are examples of __________.

A) equity
B) capital gains
C) income
D) wealth


D) wealth

Sociology

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The recent study of ecological sustainability by Bjorn Lomborg predicts that

a. the rate of deforestation is considerably less than the pessimists have argued b. we are likely to run out of food within the next 20 to 30 years c. we are running out of fossil fuels at an alarming rate d. air pollution is not improving in the developed world and is continuing to deteriorate in the Third World

Sociology

The proportion of the population who work compared to the proportion who do not work is called the __________

A) informal economy B) regressive tax system C) dependency ratio D) disengagement ratio

Sociology

Which of the following is not true about the legal abortions by gestation age in the United States in 2005?

a) Over 60% occurred at less than 9 weeks gestational age. b) Almost 80% occurred at 10 weeks or less gestational age. c) 10% occurred at 21 weeks or more gestational age. d) 1% occurred at 21 weeks or more gestational age.

Sociology

Valerie is a 30-year-old single woman with no children. Last year she finished a graduate degree and moved out of her parents’ basement into an apartment of her own. She is searching for the right partner to be in a committed relationship with, but has not found that person yet. At Thanksgiving, Valerie’s grandmother asked her when she might be getting married and having children and said,

“By the time I was your age I was married and had all three of my children.” Sociologists would most likely point to changes in _________ in order to explain Valerie and her grandmother’s different experiences at this stage of life. A) serial gender norms B) the transition to adulthood C) no-fault divorce D) the dual-earner family model

Sociology