Compared to Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans __________
A) are less fluent in English
B) have a higher number of high school dropouts
C) have seen their poverty rates decline
D) have a longer length of residence in the mainland United States
Answer: C
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Which of the following families is the most likely to experience divorce?
a. a family consisting of a husband and a wife who have never been married before b. a remarried couple that has no children c. a blended family d. a couple that has never married
Apply the three major sociological perspectives to the experiences of the groups discussed in this chapter.
What will be an ideal response?
Travis is the father of a 3-year-old and a 5-year-old. How will his role as father be different from his grandfather who raised children in the 1960s and 1970s?
a) Travis will be more involved with his children and with housework than his grandfather. b) Travis' role will be more of the breadwinner and disciplinarian than his grandfather was. c) Travis will spend more time at work and less time with his children compared to his grandfather. d) Travis will feel more of the economic burden for the family than his grandfather did.
Michael is a young African American male who often feels a conflict between being black and being American. He feels both outside and inside society at the same time. W.E.B. DuBois called this feeling ______.
A. class conscience B. double consciousness C. racial duality D. false consciousness