1 .		Families in which males dominate in the regulation of political and economic decision making, whereas women and children are subordinate, are referred to as:    a. blended families   b. egalitarian families   c. biased families   d. patriarchies
2 .		A family unit composed of relatives in addition to parents and children who live in the same household is a(n):    a. nuclear family   b. kinship   c. extended family   d. isolated nuclear family
3 .		The only two industrialized countries who do not provide tax-supported child care are:    a. United States and Great Britain   b. United States and France   c. United States and Sweden   d. France and Great Britain
4 .		Dual-income families routinely have problems regarding    a. domestic violence   b. who will manage the family finances   c. the division of household and child rearing responsibilities   d. the dissolution of unhappy marriages
5 .		Cohabitation, or living together without marriage, is what we now call    a. a shared living arrangement   b. a domestic partnership   c. a heterosexual union   d. a false family
6 .		The policy enacted in 1993 that requires firms with more than 50 employees to provide their employees with unpaid maternity leaves of up to 12 weeks, guaranteed jobs, and retention of job benefits during the leave is called:    a. the Children’s Defense Fund   b. the Family and Medical Act of 1993   c. the Family Values Act   d. the National Day Care Act
7 .		In the United States today, the likelihood that a marriage will end in divorce is closest to which of the following figures?    a. 15 percent   b. 30 percent   c. 50 percent   d. 65 percent
8 .		In the United States, changing divorce laws to recognize no-fault divorce has contributed to:    a. lower rates of divorce   b. the growth of nuclear families   c. a resurgence in patriarchy   d. higher rates of divorce and increases in single-parent households
9 .		The common thinking that we are witnessing a breakdown of the family is based on:    a. a nostalgic image of family life in past times   b. fewer households with children present   c. the loss of family values as central to our existence   d. the myth that immoral behaviors cause social problems
10 .		As a nation, the United States has taken deliberate actions to reduce poverty among the elderly while simultaneously:    a. reducing childhood poverty   b. allowing childhood poverty to increase   c. increasing programs targeted to benefit children   d. decreasing bias against minority children in federal programs