True/False Quiz

Please answer all questions


1	The poverty line as defined by the federal government was $35,000 for a family of two adults and two children in 1999.
		A)	True
		B)	False


2	Data from the U.S. Census for 1970 to 1998 show that the only segment of the population to increase its share of the income was the richest fifth of the nation's families.
		A)	True
		B)	False


3	Economic restructuring since the 1970s has led to an increase in nonstandard employment, such as part-time and temporary work.
		A)	True
		B)	False


4	Most lower-income families are homeless.
		A)	True
		B)	False


5	In order to be considered working class, families must fit every characteristic of the ideal type of working class definition.
		A)	True
		B)	False


6	A family's social class is defined solely by the amount of income a family earns.
		A)	True
		B)	False


7	Among working-class families, gender-role segregation has increased in recent years.
		A)	True
		B)	False


8	Lomnitz's study of Mexican families pointed to the important role of the "grandfamily" for personal, but not business, relationships.
		A)	True
		B)	False


9	Studies by Rossi, et al., show that women do most of the work of kinship (remembering birthdays, etc.) in the working-class families, but not in the middle- and upper-class families.
		A)	True
		B)	False


10	The "two-person career" refers to the common situation among middle-class families where both husband and wife work outside the home.
		A)	True
		B)	False

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