Which of the following is NOT true about marriage, generally speaking, in the United States?
A. It is a legal contract as well as a ceremony
B. It is expected to be permanent, although participants may dissolve it
C. It is open to any couple, so long as they are of opposite sex (e.g., one man and one woman)
D. Our understanding of marriage is actually quite narrow and excludes many committed partnerships that function as marriages in all but the legal sense.
C
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Of the following, Merton was most concerned with __________
a. how society functions as an organism b. how well the parts of society work in concert c. conflict in society d. one-on-one interactions in society
Families who are located in different countries but who commute to see each other across boarders are called
a) transnational families. b) nationalized families. c) international families. d) nationwide families.
Symbolic interactionists offer a systematic framework that explains how people create and shape culture or develop shared meanings of reality.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
The percentage of workers who belong to a union is measured as a. union density
b. labor force participation. c. labor enrollment. d. union control rates.