Chapter 9 Exam

A  substitute marriage cohabitation

B  dating cohabitation

C  trial marriage cohabitation

D  premarital cohabitation

A  Latinos are more likely to be never married than their African American counterparts.

B  Latinos have lower marriage rates than their African American counterparts.

C  The Latino population is on average a much older population compared to their African American counterparts.

D  Latino women are generally less likely than African American women to experience a shortage of marriageable partners.

A  The marriage squeeze among Asian communities is leading to several intermarriages, which has led to disproportionate marriage rates.

B  Unlike Asian American women, whose familial ties encourage them to marry first and second cousins, African American women are generally averse to marrying within their social circles.

C  Unlike their Asian counterparts, many African American women are increasingly opting to cohabit with men from other races rather than marry men from their own societies.

D  National data from the FBI show disproportionately large numbers of urban black men in their 20s and early 30s are in prison or jail or are victims of homicide.

A  Involuntary established singles

B  Voluntary temporary singles

C  Voluntary stable singles

D  Involuntary temporary singles

A  They are clustered around urban areas.

B  They receive extensive financial assistance from their families.

C  They refer to the clustering of single moms in rural western states.

D  They contain at least three single roommates.

A  moral

B  social

C  pecuniary

D  financial

A  substitute marriage

B  common-law marriage

C  dating cohabitation

D  trial marriage

A  marriage opportunity index

B  demographic slide

C  sex ratio

D  marriage quotient

A  the decline in education among men

B  the postponement of marriage

C  the failure of the feminist movement in America

D  the decline in education among women

A  Chinese Americans are more likely to marry outside their racial communities.

B  American born Koreans have a lower divorce rate than their immigrant counterparts.

C  Chinese Americans have the highest divorce rates in the general population.

D  Japanese Americans are less likely to face a marriage squeeze.

A  They are only interested in men who already married.

B  They are looking for much younger men to marry.

C  Men their age are looking for much younger women.

D  Men in their middle years typically prefer to remain single.

A  male students

B  female students

C  older men

D  older women

A  physical or mental disability

B  desire to be independent

C  technological advances in contraceptive techniques

D  waiting for a soul mate

A  cohabitation effect

B  friction effect

C  inertia effect

D  separation effect

A  marriage opportunity index

B  sex ratio

C  selection disposition

D  marriage squeeze

A  involuntary temporary single

B  involuntary stable single

C  voluntary temporary single

D  voluntary stable single

A  Since most Hispanic workers are undocumented, most people cannot apply for legal divorces, and hence “breakups” remain under the radar.

B  The Latino population is on average a younger population compared to non-Latino populations.

C  The concept of “familism” ensures that most people do not consider divorce as an option even under extreme circumstances.

D  The assimilation of American behaviors has contributed to rising marriage rates and falling divorce rates.

A  More men than women choose to live alone.

B  Women’s median age at first marriage since 1960 has decreased when compared to men.

C  From a historical perspective, the present tendency to delay marriage has been the norm for women when compared to men.

D  Men’s median age at first marriage is more than that of women.

A  Older singles do not have to worry about sex.

B  People do not have to worry about widowhood or divorce.

C  Older singles are not expected to socialize.

D  People do not have to save extra money for retirement.

A  Foreign-born Asian women have higher cohabitation rates than U.S.-born Latinas.

B  Lesser percentage of Asian American women are married than their Latina counterparts.

C  Asian women have lower cohabitation rates than Latinas.

D  Higher percentage of Asian American women are single than their Latina counterparts.