What is the similarity between the lack of good jobs for recent college graduates and the loss of retirement nest eggs for the elderly?
a. They both have led to new family structures.
b. They both have become burdens on society.
c. They both rely primarily on Social Security benefits.
d.
They both have led to a migration to the sunbelt states.
Ques. 2Differentiate how the middle and lower-middle classes are disproportionately affected by Medicare and Medicaid coverage.
a. The middle and lower-middle classes have difficulty paying for healthcare.
b. The middle and lower-middle classes are covered by both Medicare and Medicaid.
c. The middle and lower-middle classes tend to use supplemental insurance instead of Medicare and Medicaid.
d.
The middle and lower-middle classes rely mainly on Medicaid and not Medicare.
Ques. 3Luis and Paula are undocumented immigrants from Mexico.Their son, Gabriel, is born in Texas.This family exemplifies
a. binationality.
b. transnationality.
c. local nationality.
d.
mulitnationality.
Ques. 4Predict the exogamy rates for second-generation Asian and Latino immigrants and why.
a. They are likely to decrease because there is an increase in the number of potential same-ethnicity partners.
b. They are likely to decrease because cultural expectations to maintain ethnic purity are increasing.
c. They are likely to increase because there is a growing acceptance of mixed marriages.
d.
They are likely to increase because family cultures want quicker assimilation.
Ques. 5David, a second-generation Mexican American, joins a local gang when he turns 13.This situation is an example of
a. agency.
b. assimilation.
c. binationality.
d.
parachute children.
Ques. 6What effect does the current economic situation of the middle class have on immigrants and their assimilation process?
a. Immigrants are being blamed for the shrinking middle class's jobs.
b. Immigrants are hurting the middle class because of the increase of language diversity.
c. Immigrants are helping the middle class because they reinforce traditional family values.
d.
Immigrants are making the middle class swell too quickly, hurting the lower classes.
Ques. 7Cubans have lower divorce rates than Puerto Ricans, who then have lower divorce rates than African Americans.This suggests that,apart from race, divorce is related to
a. social class.
b. ethnicity.
c. gender roles.
d.
assimilation.