To determine the poverty line, the U.S. government calculates a low-cost food budget for a family of a specific size, then subjects that number to which modification?
A) It divides the food budget by five.
B) It multiples the food budget by five.
C) It divides the food budget by three.
D) It multiplies the food budget by three.
D
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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
According to the text, the example of attitudes toward smoking in the U.S. demonstrates the notion that
A. perceptions of deviance are influenced by social change. B. smoking should not have been considered acceptable. C. laws, such as anti-smoking laws, are needed in order identify deviant behavior. D. evidence of risk is enough to change behavior.
As used with respect to poverty, the term double deprivation refers to
A. women and children having twice the poverty rates of men. B. women suffering because of their gender and women bearing a disproportionate burden of poverty. C. an intergenerational pattern of poverty in which the risk of poverty doubles with each successive generation. D. the doubled risk of poverty following release from imprisonment (deprivation of liberty).
As primary agents of childhood socialization, schools play a critical role in teaching children the values and customs of the larger society. This view of the socialization process is most likely of particular interest to which sociological perspective?
A. functionalist perspective B. conflict perspective C. interactionist perspective D. global perspective