What is the sociological term for the process by which people end up in any given position in the stratification system?
a. Stratification achievement
b. Ascription
c. Status attainment
d. Goal orientation
c
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Indirect institutionalized discrimination refers to organizationally or community-prescribed actions that by intentional have a negative affect members of subordinate groups
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Mitzi’s grandmother is still very active and likes to play bingo. Most of the other players at the bingo hall are considered old-old, but Mitzi’s grandmother is classified as middle-old. Which of the following ages is she?
A. 80 B. 70 C. 91 D. 66
A dimension of gender stratification, which victimizes millions of women each year, is__________.
A. women losing custody of a child B. physical violence against a woman C. women sharing housework with men D. a woman being arrested for a violent crime
The variable AGAPE1 is best described as a(n)
The variable AGAPE1 records respondents’ answers to the following question “Do you agree strongly, agree somewhat, neither agree nor disagree, disagree somewhat, or strongly disagree with the following statement? I would rather suffer myself than let the one I love suffer.
Figure 3.1
a. Categorical variable
b. Nominal-level variable
c. Ordinal variable
d. Interval-ratio variable