The dependency ratio for children has ______ since 1960, and the dependency ratio for older adults has ______.

a. increased, increased
b. increased, decreased
c. decreased, increased
d. decreased, decreased


c. decreased, increased

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Identify a factor that tends to promote an establishmentarian orientation that favors the status quo and may interfere with a social worker’s mission as a social-change-focused professional

A. Threat of job loss B. Elimination of discrimination C. Extensive scope of the services a social worker provides D. Diversity in human communities

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The _____ model views neighborhood change as a decline, with a neighborhood

undergoing predictable phases from birth until death.

A. Life cycle B. Political capacity C. Invasion-succession

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An outgrowth of this movement provided for the specialization of public institutions for groups of

needy citizens. This movement was called a. Abolition Movement b. Temperance Movement c. Antipauper Movement d. Public Welfare Movement

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The political climate changed in 1972 toward conservatism partly due to white backlash-a feeling of resentment expressed by many white ethnic, blue-collar, and middle-class persons believing that African Americans were receiving unwarranted or disproportionate benefits from the federal government.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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