According to the text, which of the following is true regarding the gender gap in average income?
a. the gap has grown wider every year since the 1950s
b. the gap has grown smaller every year since the 1950s
c. the gap shrank to about 79% in 2012
d. the gap shrank to about 98% in 2012: a gender gap in income no longer exists
c
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As globalization occurs, the modern corporation is facing
a. more control because governments around the world are challenging and limiting their growth. b. an increasingly peaceful world characterized by a peaceful alliance between workers and owners throughout nations of economic growth. c. more effective control by worldwide government such as the United Nations. d. less control because of the decline of national and local controls.
The marriage debate refers to the debate about whether: a. marriage is becoming more or less popular
b. marriage has become more or less stable over time. c. the family is in decline or dynamic, changing, and resilient. d. the duration of marriage effect truly exists.
The first stage in W. W. Rostow's theory of modernization is the__________.
A. take-off stage B. drive to technological maturity stage C. traditional stage D. high mass consumption stage
The 14.3 in the upper right hand of the cross-tab in Figure 3.2 shows that:
The variable FEIMP was included in the 1983 and 1996 surveys, and records respondents’ answers to the question “How important is the women's rights issue to you?”
Figure 3.2
a. 14.3 % of respondents answered that the issue of women’s rights was one of the most important things to them.
b. 14.3 % of women respondents answered that the issue of women’s rights was one of the most important things to them.
c. Of the respondents who answered that the issue of women’s rights was one of the most important things to them, 14.3% were women.
d. Of the respondents surveyed, about 14 women answered that the issue of women’s rights was one of the most important things to them