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21 Cards in this Set
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Name some different welfare programs |
Social Security, snap, Section 8, Medicaid, TANF, Head Start |
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What are the two types of poverty in the world |
Relative and absolute |
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Who makes up the majority of America's poor |
Single moms |
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What percentage of kids will live in a sole parent household for some part of their life |
80% |
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Which of the family forms has the highest divorce rate |
Blended |
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What is the most desirable family form |
Stable nuclear family |
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Which parenting style has the best developmental outcome |
Authoritative |
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What tends to translate to authoritarian parenting in the home |
Low Social Power |
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Which family class tends to be the most authoritative |
Middle class |
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About how many children are currently being raised by their grandparents |
About 1 million. The number has doubled since 1970 and is continuing to climb |
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What are some causes of grandparents as parents |
Poverty, incarceration, drug abuse, abuse and neglect |
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What percentage of Grandmother supporting households are under the age of 55 |
55% |
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What is the number one reason children go to live with their grandparents |
Drug abuse. Over 40% of kids being cared for by grandparents are there because of drug abuse by the parent |
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What are some economic consequences of grandparents as parents |
These people are unable to retire and therefore people entering the workforce won't have jobs. |
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Children raised by grandparents have significantly higher what? |
Behavioral and emotional problems |
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Boys and girls have different kinds of Behaviour who has externalizing and who has internalizing behaviors |
Boys have external lysing behaviors. They act out more. Girls have internalizing behaviors. Depression, eating disorders |
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What does cohabitation do to the risk of divorce |
It doubles it |
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What is polyamory |
Open marriages. |
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How do women reduce the risk of divorce when cohabitating |
Live with the same guy without interruption for at least 5 years |
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How do men reduce the risk of divorce when cohabitating |
Live with any woman for about 5 years and the effect disappears |
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What are the five theoretical perspectives of the family |
Conflict, functionalism, symbolic interactionism, biosocial, social exchange |
