Which of the following social changes influenced the rise of divorce in the 1970s?

a. Economic changes reduced men’s earning power
b. Women increasingly entered the labor market
c. Divorce was highly stigmatized
d. Both a and b are correct


d. Both a and b are correct

Sociology

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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

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Higher estimates state there are approximately __________ million Muslims living in the U.S

a) 6 b) 10 c) 16 d) 20

Sociology

A Department of Health and Human Services 2002-2005 study found that low income 3- and 4-year-old children enrolled in Head Start showed ______ in pre-reading, pre-writing, and vocabulary skills as compared to non-Head Start children.

A. a slight loss B. significant gains C. small to moderate gains D. no measurable gains or losses

Sociology

According to researchers cited in the text, new religious movements emerge because

a. they resolve a sense of moral ambiguity in modern industrial society. b. they are a consequence of the excessive emphasis on altruism in American Protestantism. c. they are geared toward people whose heritage comes from agriculture. d. they are an outgrowth of the frontier movement. e. there is too much emphasis on the church as a supportive community in the traditional denominations from which their converts come.

Sociology