Patriarchal terrorism increases in frequency and intensity over time, whereas common couple violence does not.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Ques. 2Which of the following is TRUE with respect to marriage rates?
a) The number of people who remain unmarried throughout their lives has
remained relatively the same throughout history.
b) About three-quarters of Whites (age 15 and over) are married.
c) Compared to Whites or Blacks, Hispanics have the lowest rates of marriage.
d) Marriage rates for Whites and Blacks have increased between 1995 and 2009,
but have declined for Hispanics.
e) Women (age 15 and over) are more likely to be married than are men.
Ques. 3Teenage marriage and childbearing appears to have both an intragenerational and intergenerational pattern.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Ques. 4Which of the following statements does NOT describe adolescents' sexual experience?
a) Nearly half of young teens do not believe oral sex is as big a deal as intercourse and they do not see it as spoiling virginity.
b) By the end of high school, about two-thirds of young men and women have had intercourse.
c) About 750,000 U.S. women under age 20 become pregnant each year, resulting in about 435,000 births.
d) Teenage mothers are more likely to die in childbirth than are older mothers, and their infants are more likely to be of low birth weight and die within the first month of life.
e) Teenage birthrates have been slowly rising since 1990
Ques. 5The mating gradient suggests that
A) high school and college senior women have the largest pool of eligible dating partners.
B) women seek out lower status men and men seek out higher status women.
C) intermarriage is more frequent than intramarriage.
D) none of the above applies to the mating gradient.
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