Will smokes cigarettes. Which of the following most likely represents Will's demographic characteristics?
a. Black; high school graduate; lives in the Northeast United States
b. Hispanic; age 18–25; below poverty level
c. American Indian/Alaska Native; has not completed high school; lives in the Midwest
d. Black; lives in the South; 18–25
c
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A) high culture B) norms C) values D) fads
According to census data, the greatest number of non-marital cohabitors are
A) under age 25. B) age 25 to 34. C) age 35 to 63. D) over age 65.
Frank and Sally are a brother and sister who live in the United States. Their mother is white and their father is black. When their parents had to fill out the 2010 census form, they indicated that their children were a mix of black and white. If Frank and Sally lived in Brazil, they might be classified quite differently. Frank has black hair and a slightly darker skin tone than his sister. He has many of the features of his father. Sally, on the other hand, has very light brown hair and lighter skin. In Brazil, Frank and Sally would not be classified into the same racial category. What would explain the differences in racial classification for Frank and Sally?
A. Brazil has a classification system based on a number of physical characteristics. B. The United States has a more extensive classification system than that of Brazil. C. Brazil has not updated its census categories, whereas the United States has kept more current. D. American society is more accepting of interracial people than Brazilian society.
Who is most likely to explain things by means of “path-dependent sequences”?
a. geographers b. mathematicians c. historians and other history-minded social scientists d. criminologists