Status dropout rates are a measure of the __________.
a. number of students enrolled in school at any given time
b. percent of people in the general population who have earned a high school degree or its equivalent
c. percentage of people in an age group who are not enrolled in school and have not earned a high school degree or its equivalent
d. percentage of the local population that is currently enrolled in and attending school
Question 2Compare the international migration theories.
What will be an ideal response?
Question 3To sociologists, a _____ group is one whose members, because of physical or cultural characteristics, are disadvantaged and subjected to unequal treatment by the more powerful group, and therefore regard themselves as objects of discrimination.
a. dominant b. multilateral
c. subordinate d. advantaged
Question 4Ethnic and class differences are significant in dropout rates. For example, with a dropout rate of 13 percent, __________ have the highest dropout rate of any racial/ethnic group in U.S. schools.
a. Latinos/as (Hispanics)
b. African Americans
c. Native Americans
d. non-Hispanic whites
Question 5Describe population growth in a global context.
What will be an ideal response?
Question 6Summarize the field of demography.
What will be an ideal response?