Which of these is not true about sex-selective abortion in Asia?
a) The overall sex ratio at birth in South Korea declined to near the normal range between the mid-1990s and the late 2000s..
b) The overall sex ratio at birth in China declined to near the normal range between the mid-1990s and the late 2000s.
c) There is evidence of female infanticide in Japan in the late 1940s.
d) In both China and Korea, the sex ratio at birth for first births has been in or near the normal range at least since the early 1980s..
b
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The Internet ______.
A. allows hate groups to spread messages with ease B. prevents hate groups from organizing C. discourages hate groups from carrying out violent acts D. makes it easier to catch perpetrators of violence
Which of the following statements is correct, according to Figure 4.2?
Figure 4.2 examines the relationship between respondents’ racial-ethnic group and their confidence in education, controlling for respondents’ gender. RACEHISP is a nominal-level variable that indicates respondents’ self-identification as non-Hispanic white, Black or African American, non-Black Hispanic, or another racial/ethnic minority group. CONEDUC is the variable corresponding to the question, ”I am going to name some institutions in this country. As far as the people running these institutions are concerned, would you say you have a great deal of confidence, only some confidence, or hardly any confidence at all in them? … Education.”
The top portion of the figure shows the variables used to construct the analysis and indicates that SEX was used as a control variable and YEAR was used as a filter.
Figure 4.2
a. The percentage of men who have “a great deal” of confidence in education as a social institution is higher than the percentage of women who have “a great deal” of confidence in education as a social institution
b. Across all racial-ethnic and gender groups the mean response is 3.
c. The majority of respondents have a great deal of confidence in education as a social institution.
d. Across all racial-ethnic and gender groups, the modal category is having “only some” confidence in education as a social institution
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A) ?social statics and social dynamics. B) ?history and biography. C) ?conventional wisdom and facts. D) ?ideology and intuition. E) ?self-assessment and self-realization.