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29 Cards in this Set
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Immigrant settlement patterns and majority minority states
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California, New York, Illinois, Texas, Florida
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Anti-immigrant sentiment, hate groups and nativist extremists
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1,007 hate groups, 38 nativist extremist groups
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Ethnic identity v. assimilation
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Assimilation have 4 options, vs Ethnic identity
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Ethnic diversity, demographics [covered in your notes] and fertility rates
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Older women outnumber men, minorities have lower life expectancy, declining birthrate
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Population trends related to an aging population
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High cost of healthcare / social security
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Problems associated with Social Security and the dependency ratio
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70 cents on every dollar in 2042, system will pay out more than it collects, reduced healthcare
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Poverty differences along lines of race and gender, including the feminization of poverty
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Blacks 3 times more likely to be poor, Women earn 77 cents for every dollar of men, more than half children under age 6 female headed are poor, 22% of children live in poverty
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Institutional discrimination
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Inequalities in schooling, job market, and health care
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Characteristics of poverty (new, old, working, near and severe)
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New poor: people recently laid off that can’t get work
Old poor: poor to begin with, not rebounding. Working Poor: making 7.25 an hour is 35% below poverty level Near poor: people at or above threshold but below 125% of official poverty line Severe: at or below half the poverty line |
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Theoretical perspectives on poverty
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Refusal to work, welfare dependency, special advantages
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Welfare Reform
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PRWORA
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Feminism
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Men being viewed as gay for not being masculant enough
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Theoretical perspectives on gender inequality
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Men make more than women, lead the family
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Socialization of gender
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Unequal access to power, resources, opportunity
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Glass ceiling v. glass escalator
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Inequality in the workforce
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Compulsory heterosexuality
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Overtime without pay, lower wages than men, paid absolute minimum, hazardous chemicals, med treatment is rare
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Androgyny
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Combination of feminine and masculine characteristics, higher levels of self esteem, more common in women
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Legislation associated with the earnings gap
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1963 equal pay act, Lilly Ledbetter fair pay act
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Global assembly workers
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Union that works together for equal wages.
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Factors associated with child abuse
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Abusers are usually abused themselves, they don’t know any other way, usually deals with poverty – biggest factor
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families in poverty
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more likely to divorce, abused children, behavioral problems
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Characteristics of single-parent homes
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Poor academic achievement, more likely to drop out, more likely to divorce, behavioral problems, too much responsibility
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Household v. family
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Perfect ideal family lives and eats and gets along with eachother, household usually mixed families putting up with eachother
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The changing structure of households and families throughout US history
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More divorce, wives roles changed drastically
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Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) of 1993
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Allows wife to take 4-6 weeks off with pay to care for children
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Characteristics of the ideal v. modern v. postmodern family
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Ideal: everyone lives harmony, modern: merged families that get along, post modern: economic difficulties
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Factors associated with divorce
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African americans twice as likely to divorce, economic restructuring, women inequality, greater tolerance
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Honor-based v. domestic violence
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Women killed for going against family/religious norms
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Sunitha Krishnan and the Prajwala program
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Education is key weather or not women become prostitutes, women dominate the ranks of local entrepreneurs
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