Chapter 9 Exam

A  trial marriage cohabitation

B  dating cohabitation

C  substitute marriage cohabitation

D  premarital cohabitation

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

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

A  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.

B  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.

C  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.

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

A  Involuntary temporary singles

B  Voluntary temporary singles

C  Voluntary stable singles

D  Involuntary established singles

A  They are clustered around urban areas.

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

C  They receive extensive financial assistance from their families.

D  They contain at least three single roommates.

A  pecuniary

B  financial

C  moral

D  social

A  dating cohabitation

B  trial marriage

C  substitute marriage

D  common-law marriage

A  marriage quotient

B  marriage opportunity index

C  demographic slide

D  sex ratio

A  the decline in education among women

B  the postponement of marriage

C  the failure of the feminist movement in America

D  the decline in education among men

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

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

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

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

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

B  Men their age are looking for much younger women.

C  They are only interested in men who already married.

D  They are looking for much younger men to marry.

A  male students

B  older men

C  older women

D  female students

A  desire to be independent

B  waiting for a soul mate

C  technological advances in contraceptive techniques

D  physical or mental disability

A  friction effect

B  separation effect

C  cohabitation effect

D  inertia effect

A  sex ratio

B  marriage squeeze

C  selection disposition

D  marriage opportunity index

A  involuntary stable single

B  involuntary temporary single

C  voluntary temporary single

D  voluntary stable single

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

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

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

B  More men than women choose to live alone.

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

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

A  Older singles are not expected to socialize.

B  Older singles do not have to worry about sex.

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

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

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

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

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

D  Asian women have lower cohabitation rates than Latinas.