Hdfs True Or False

Front 1

Because of changing economic and social conditions a single income is no longer sufficient for most families.
True
False

Back 1

True

Front 2

Dual-earner families are a new phenomenon.
True
False

Back 2

False

Front 3

Arlie Hochschild described men's dual role of worker and husband as a "second shift".
True
False

Back 3

False

Front 4

Some couples respond to the difficulties of child care by split-shift employment and split-shift parenting.
True
False

Back 4

True

Front 5

Compared to white women, the proportion of women-of-color stay-at-home moms has been considerably lower and thus more difficult to identify.
True
False

Back 5

True

Front 6

Occupational distribution refers to the location of workers in different occupations.
True
False

Back 6

True

Front 7

Regardless of race and ethnicity, women's wages have now equaled that of men.
True
False

Back 7

False

Front 8

Sexual harassment occurs in all types of educational and work settings.
True
False

Back 8

True

Front 9

People are poor because they don't want to work.
True
False

Back 9

False

Front 10

Many researchers have found that unemployment is associated with lower levels of marital satisfaction.
True
False

Back 10

True

Front 11

Patrick Burman found that when husbands where unemployed, they tended to do more housework, but not significantly more.
True
False

Back 11

True

Front 12

Underemployment is a situation in which a worker is employed but not in the desired capacity.
True
False

Back 12

True

Front 13

According to the text, only about 28 percent of U.S. workers have flextime.
True
False

Back 13

True

Front 14

Until recently, the United States was one of the few industrialized countries that did not have a national family-leave policy.
True
False

Back 14

True

Front 15

U.S. business leaders are expanding family-leave benefits.
True
False

Back 15

False

Front 16

Violence against children is a new phenomenon.
True
False

Back 16

False

Front 17

According to the text, only mentally ill or "sick" people abuse family members.
True
False

Back 17

False

Front 18

Domestic violence occurs across all sexual orientations as well as across all races and classes.
True
False

Back 18

True

Front 19

Violence, abuse, and assault are deeply rooted in U.S. history and culture.
True
False

Back 19

True

Front 20

Historically, the institution of marriage has fostered women's economic dependency on a husband.
True
False

Back 20

True

Front 21

Rape is the most frequently reported crime in the United States.
True
False

Back 21

False

Front 22

Another common myth surrounding rape is that most women secretly desire to be raped.
True
False

Back 22

True

Front 23

The attitudes of police officers who respond to calls of family and intimate violence are critical in determining how these victims are treated.
True
False

Back 23

True

Front 24

The epidemic of violence against children is almost uniquely a United States phenomenon.
True
False

Back 24

True

Front 25

The Children's Defense Fund estimates that every 5 hours a child dies as a result of abuse and neglect.
True
False

Back 25

True

Front 26

According to current statistics, the majority of child abuse victims are white.
True
False

Back 26

True

Front 27

Official reports of incest overestimate its actual occurrence.
True
False

Back 27

False

Front 28

Current research suggests that men over the age of 75 are the most likely victims of elder abuse.
True
False

Back 28

False

Front 29

The highest rates of sibling violence tend to occur in families with only male children.
True
False

Back 29

True

Front 30

Sibling violence is higher among children in families in which child and spouse abuse also occur.
True
False

Back 30

True

Front 31

Recent research has found that the higher divorce rate for African Americans is due to the legacy of slavery.
True
False

Back 31

False

Front 32

The younger the age at marriage, the more likely the couple is to divorce.
True
False

Back 32

True

Front 33

The lower the income, the more likely the couple is to divorce.
True
False

Back 33

True

Front 34

People whose parents divorced have a lower rate of divorce than do children who come from an intact home.
True
False

Back 34

False

Front 35

Legal separation involves court ordered specific regulations governing the couple's interactions.
True
False

Back 35

True

Front 36

Desertion only occurs among the lower socioeconomic classes.
True
False

Back 36

False

Front 37

Numerous studies have indicated that marital instability has increased along with women's labor force participation.
True
False

Back 37

True

Front 38

The most striking difference between women and men following a divorce is a monetary one.
True
False

Back 38

True

Front 39

Divorced men typically have custody of their children.
True
False

Back 39

False

Front 40

Bird-nesting is a form of joint custody.
True
False

Back 40

True

Front 41

Custodial grandparents have an advantage in maintaining ties with their grandchildren.
True
False

Back 41

True

Front 42

Mothers are significantly more likely to abduct children than fathers.
True
False

Back 42

False

Front 43

All states require conciliation counseling.
True
False

Back 43

False

Front 44

Collaborative law is a process used to see if the marital problems can be resolved and the marriage saved.
True
False

Back 44

False

Front 45

Although divorce mediation is still relatively new, evidence suggests that all parties benefit from the process.
True
False

Back 45

True

Front 46

The earliest designations of step referred to a child who was orphaned.
True
False

Back 46

True

Front 47

Older adults report that they do not suffer the same anxiety about dating that adolescents do.
True
False

Back 47

False

Front 48

Divorced and widowed individuals who remarry tend to spend about twice as much time in dating and courtship as they did preceding their first marriage.
True
False

Back 48

False

Front 49

Remarriage after widowhood is much less frequent than remarriage after divorce.
True
False

Back 49

True

Front 50

Women without college educations tend to remarry quickly.
True
False

Back 50

True

Front 51

Divorced men with custody of children tend to remarry later than their female counterparts.
True
False

Back 51

False

Front 52

Substitution was most common when children lived with the remarried parent.
True
False

Back 52

True

Front 53

Research shows that boys have more problems adjusting to divorce.
True
False

Back 53

True

Front 54

Studies suggest that if the parental remarriage occurs later in the child's life, it has few adverse effects.
True
False

Back 54

False

Front 55

According to the text, stepparent-stepchild relationships can be troublesome and usually stay that way.
True
False

Back 55

False

Front 56

Sexual tension among siblings is usually a greater problem in remarried families than in first marriages.
True
False

Back 56

True

Front 57

Stepfather-stepchild relationships are more tentative and difficult than are stepmother-stepchild relationships.
True
False

Back 57

False

Front 58

Divorce ends a marriage, but it does not necessarily end the relationship between spouses.
True
False

Back 58

True

Front 59

For stepmothers, the perception of child-care inequities was the strongest predictor of marital dissatisfaction over time.
True
False

Back 59

True

Front 60

The attitude of relatives, friends, and community members has a limited affect on the stability of remarriage.
True
False

Back 60

False