Elements of Sociology 4e, Practice Quiz: Chapter 10

. Siblings Raj and Priya moved in together as roommates when they entered university. This is an example of which of the following?

. Which of the following best describes current marriage trends in Canada?

. Which of the following best describes current divorce trends in Canada?

. Which term describes the number of children that the average women must bear if the overall population is to continue at the same level?

. Which term describes the increasing prevalent phenomenon of adult children living at home?

. Sam and Karen make a concerted effort to equally share domestic labour and are both passionate about music, performing together in a band. How would Elizabeth Bott (1957) describe their conjugal roles?

. According to Arlie Hochschild, even though many women actively participate in the labour force, they still do much of the unpaid domestic labour, often after they return home from work. Which term refers to this phenomenon?

. If you want to encourage a relatively homogenous society, which marriage strategy should you encourage?

. When was the Alberta Sexual Sterilization Act in effect?

. How did the residential school system shaped Indigenous families?

. The nuclear family includes a parent or parents, their children, as well as other relatives such as grandparent, aunts, uncles, and cousins.

. One of the main trends in the changing face of Canadian families is the fact that the age of first marriage is decreasing.

. The falling divorce rate means that there are fewer divorces overall, which suggests that current marriages are more stable than previous ones.

. Many of the trends and changes we observe in Canadian families are more pronounced in families in Quebec.

. Canada relies on immigration because its fertility rate falls below the replacement rate and thus without immigration, Canada's population would be shrinking.

. The poverty rate is particularly high for lone-parent families in comparison to other family types

. The marginalization of working women experience inside and outside the home is also referred to as "double burden."

. Women tend to work in female-dominated occupations because these occupations are the most accommodating of childcare-related work interruptions.

. The Chinese Head Tax had the unintended consequence of creating bachelor communities of unattached Chinese men as it prevented them from bringing their families to Canada.

. The residential school system effectively integrated Indigenous children into mainstream Canadian society.

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