Which of the following typically exerts the least influence on age structure?

A. incidence of deaths
B. mortality rates
C. incidence of births
D. migration


Answer: D

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a) Low-income countries b) Lower middle-income countries c) Upper middle-income countries d) High-income countries

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Lesbians are more interested in finding lovers than making friends

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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The researcher is most likely using which variable as the dependent variable in this analysis?

A researcher is interested to know whether people of different racial-ethnic groups tend to hold different ideas about American cultural diversity. She creates Figure 4.1, where RACEHISP is a variable that indicates respondents’ self-identification as non-Hispanic white, Black or African American, non-Black Hispanic, or another racial/ethnic minority group. IMMCULT is a variable corresponding to the question “How much do you agree of disagree with the following statements? ‘American culture is generally undermined by immigrants.’

Figure 4.1


a. YEAR
b. RACEHISP
c. IMMCULT
d. DEGREE

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In a horticultural society, people cultivated plants using

a. machines. b. hand tools. c. the plow. d. the microchip.

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