Why do custodial fathers receive a broader range of support from extended kin than do custodial mothers?
a) Fathers work longer hours than do mothers.
b) Fathers usually have custody of a greater number of children.
c) People assume men need more help than women do with respect to parenting
and other domestic tasks.
d) Actually the support that custodial mothers and custodial fathers receive is
about the same.
e) Actually, custodial mothers receive more support.
C
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a. pluralist/veto group b. elitist/power elite c. pluralist/representative democracy d. elitist/governing class
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a. fortified households. b. breadwinner system. c. advanced market household. d. traditional system.
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A. medicalization. B. demedicalization. C. depoliticization. D. medical collaboration. E. reductionistic treatment.
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