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Sociology Families

Total questions: 9

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Dual-earner means...

a)

Both partners work and earn a wage

b)

You get a bonus at work

c)

It is just the male that works

2.

Identify the trend in single parent families

a)

Increasing

b)

Decreasing

c)

Staying the same

3.

Identify the trend in divorce over the last 50 years

a)

Increasing

b)

Decreasing

c)

Staying the same

4.

Identify the trend in marriage over the last 20 years

a)

Increasing

b)

Decreasing

c)

Staying the same.

5.

which is not a way that a family is bonded

a)

blood

b)

adoption

c)

marriage

d)

being a roommate

6.

How do families serve as a socialization agent?

a)

they teach the values and norms of society

b)

they provide economic and emotional security

7.

the average age of marriage today?

a)

15-20

b)

20-25

c)

25-30

d)

30-40s

8.

What is the sandwich generation

a)

generation that is too busy to make a full dinner that they have to make sandwiches instead

b)

generation caught between the pressures of work and marriage

c)

generation that has a baby later than normal and thus having to take care of child and their aging parents.

9.

Blended families refer to

a)

families that have mixed race characteristics

b)

families that are a result of remarriage which includes "stepfamily" member

c)

families that are all up in each others' business.