Sociology - Marriage & Family

Americans have postponed the age at which they first marry and when they have their first child

The tendency in America for whites to marry whites, blacks marry blacks, soc class etc called?

homogamy refers to the tendency for people who share similarcharactar. to marry one another

 Which of the following age groups is most likely to include ʺ boomerang childrenʺ ?

There is greater ʺemotional overloadʺ in the contemp nuclear family than thetrad ex family.

A sociological term that is named for the work women do at home after work is referred to as

When an Asian-American child misbehaves, her parents are more likely to 

Sociologists have found that after the birth of a child,marital satisfaction usually increases.

Research shows most divorced fathers eventually stop seeing their children altogether.

Native Am. are the most strict and most likely to use phys punishment to discipline children

Men laid off from work & those who earn less than their wives do less houseworkthan their wives

 The chances of divorce increase as the level of oneʹ s education and income increases.

 Which of the following family situations is most likely to result in emotional overload?

Which of these are more likely to divorce after 10 years of marriage.

 Sociologically, the nuclear family refers to ________.

 In the United States, what is the choice of a marriage partner most dependent upon?

 the techniques men use to avoid housework, cooking, and othertraditional ʺ womanʺ  roles as 

ʺ familyʺ is 1 of the few cultural universals that has the same/sim definition in all cultures

 A society that prohibits interracial marriage by law is enforcing exogamy.

If husband gets laid off from work, how does this effect his role in assisting w/ housework?

Citing ind. and opp., children are leaving home at anearlier age and less likely to return home

The main diff. between families today is based more on soc class and less on raceand ethnicity.

 People being sexually attracted to one another and idealizing each other is called ________.

What came in the mail today?

 Cohabitation among adults has doubled in the past thirty years.