The percentage of children living in poverty is:

The percentage of children living in poverty is:
 
  a. very low
  b. approximately 10
  c. nearly 20 or about the peak during other major recessions
  d. less than all other major, industrialized nations

Question 2

According to Freud, all of the following are part of the personality EXCEPT the:
 
  a. alter ego
  b. ego
  c. id
  d. superego

Question 3

Sociologist Kenneth Land developed an index of family economic well-being that is comprised of all of the following EXCEPT:
 
  a. poverty rate for all families with children
  b. median annual income for all families with children
  c. number of children accepting reduced-price or free school lunches
  d. proportion of children living in families with health insurance

Question 4

In Freud's theory, the part of the personality from which the infant's unsocialized drives arise is termed the:
 
  a. ego
  b. id
  c. libido
  d. superego

Question 5

A family is best understood as
 
  a. a group of people related by blood, marriage, or adoption
  b. a mother, father and offspring
  c. all people who live in a house together
  d. too complex to be defined by sociologists

Question 6

Freud's theory held that the social self develops primarily
 
  a. at school
  b. in the family
  c. in social interaction with other children
  d. through physical gratification

Question 7

There are approximately __________ stepparents in the U.S.
 
  a. 10 million
  b. 20 million
  c. 30 million
  d. 40 million