What are two reasons cited in the text for the increases in non-marital choices in the U.S.? What ...

What are two reasons cited in the text for the increases in non-marital choices in the U.S.?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

For what reasons has the number of adoptions by nonrelatives in the U.S. declined in the past several decades?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 3

In the U.S., what are the characteristics of women most likely to opt for childlessness?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 4

Your text notes that some people marry and divorce easily while others are not allowed to marry, hence marriage, in some people's eyes, is discredited and corrupt. People are putting off marriage, cohabiting, or opting for singlehood.
 
  On the other hand, marriage has become more desirable than ever before, bringing together couples from varying backgrounds and repeat performers and inspiring many who've been excluded to fight for the right to marry. (page 332) These differing yet simultaneous characteristics about marriage illustrate what perspective in sociology? Justify your answer.
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 5

Looking ahead twenty years in the United States, we can predict with confidence that
 
  a. the divorce rate will drop dramatically.
  b. most people will not marry.
  c. family life will be diverse.
  d. women will play an ever-smaller role in child rearing.

Question 6

Many African American families have only one parent; what survival mechanism have many African American communities adopted to help out?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 7

The single major cause of injury to women in the U.S. is intimate partner violence
 
  Indicate whether this statement is true or false.