Which of the following factors explains why official unemployment rates for young African Americans are so high?

a. a low number of White middle-class women in the labor force
b. increased competition from immigrants
c. more experience and expertise than most White men and women
d. the need to support their families


b

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According to Merton, ________ explains the high rate of crime by uneducated and poor Americans

a. conformity b. innovation c. retreatism d. rebellion

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If an individual pursues a college degree taking the easiest classes and paying friends to write essays and papers, the action is classified as

a. traditional. b. affectional. c. value-rational. d. instrumental rational.

Sociology

Sex is to gender as

a) ancestry is to role. b) nurture is to nature. c) religion is to faith. d) culture is to social.

Sociology

Which of the following is the most serious problem in the Canadian health care system?

A. waiting times for non-emergency care B. overuse of high-technology medical services C. an undersupply of doctors D. the existence of multiple, competing insurance companies E. lack of access to health care in urban “ghettoes”

Sociology