There are differences in age, gender, and inequality. According to the text:
a. there are several cultural factors that have led women over the age of 70 to be at greater risk for poverty
b. women have a lower risk of poverty in their later years.
c. women tend to marry men who are younger than themselves.
d. race/ethnicity is more directly related to poverty in older persons than gender.
a
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a. passion. b. homogamy. c. divorce. d. intimacy.
The four groups of Native American family structures include traditional, transitional, bicultural, and:
a) marginal. b) lateral. c) peripheral. d) spherical.
According to the text's discussion of traditional roles, ________.
A. most women who work still retain major responsibility for doing the housework B. traditionally, the woman was the homemaker and the man was the breadwinner C. despite the traditional role, the majority of women now work D. all of these answers are correct
Kaitlyn is a 65-year-old white woman and, as such, certain attitudes and behaviors are expected of her in her small New England town. Those statuses over which she has no control and yet lead others to have certain expectations of her would be considered her __________.
A. master status B. ascribed status C. achieved status D. role