According to the authors, the sharp decline in marriage in impoverished
areas is due to
a. most marriageable males being in prison.
b. the poor abandoning the idea of marriage.
c. most marriageable men are disinclined toward matrimony.
d. disadvantaged women setting a high financial bar for marriage.
Question 2Keister shows that the Gini coefficient for the distribution of financial wealth in the United States in the late 1990s was
a. .45
b. .60
c. .30
d. .94
Question 3Social mobility is the term used to identify the extent of
a. upward or downward movement in the class structure of a society
b. movement of people from region to region within a society
c. movement of people from one society to another
d. all of these
Question 4Statistics summarize __________ information into __________ numbers.
information numbers
a. complex complex
b. complex simple
c. simple complex
d. simple simple
Question 5According to the 9/11 Report, plans to attack the United States were developed with unwavering single-mindedness throughout the
a. 1950s.
b. 1960s.
c. 1980s.
d. 1990s.
Question 6Research by Lisa Keister shows that, in terms of the distribution of wealth, the top wealth quintile in the United States owned approximately ________ percent of the total wealth
a. 50
b. 85
c. 98
d. 40
Question 7Demographers still project that more than seven in ten women who had
a child outside of marriage will
a. eventually wed someone.
b. abandon the child.
c. become involved with social services.
d. abuse the child.
Question 8In the United States in 1995, the top income quintile received ________ percent of the total income, whereas the bottom quintile received ________ percent
a. 20; 20
b. 10; 30
c. 20; 50
d. 46.5; 4.4
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