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.Management Sciences
Category: Social Institutions
Falling in love and marrying someone similar to your self is generally referred to as_____________?
A. selective perception
B. homogamy
C. heterogeneity
D. self-selection
E. homogeneity
In 2001 in England and Wales what was the average age at first marriage for men ?
A. 24.6
B. 25.4
C. 27.5
D. 30.6
The shift from custodial to joint parenthood after divorce means that __________?
A. fathers are more likely to be absent from their children’s lives
B. one parent has total responsibility for the child’s welfare and socialization
C. both parents are expected to co-operate in the continued care of their children
D. parents must provide for all of their children in equal measure
The rise of new social movements indicates that______________?
A. people vote according to pragmatic issues and concerns
B. consumer identities are more important than class identities
C. personal cultural and environmental issues can mobilize political consciousness just as much as economic interests
D. all of the above
The depression that occurs when the last child leaves the home is called______________?
A. the nurturing complex
B. empty-nest syndrome
C. childless anxiety
D. the fear of singularity
E. post-partum depression
Under what type of arrangement do people reckon descent and transmit property through the mother’s side of the family ?
A. bilineal
B. neolocal
C. patrilineal
D. matrilineal
The Nation of Islam group appealed to ?
A. British-born second-generation immigrants from the Asian subcontinent
B. White Americans who wanted to convert to Islam
C. African-Americans who felt excluded from the ethnic melting pot in the USA
D. African-Caribbean’s who lived in the inner cities and had a distinctive youth culture
of those in the United States who obtain a divorce about what percent later remarry ?
A. two-thirds of divorced men
B. three-fourths of divorced women
C. two-thirds of divorced women
D. 80 percent of divorced women
In contemporary Britain which ethnic group has the lowest proportion of one-parent families ?
A. India
B. White
C. Black Caribbean
D. Chinese
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