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Public and Private Families: An Introduction, 3/e
Andrew J. Cherlin, Johns Hopkins University

Family, The State, and Social Policy

True/False Quiz

Please answer all questions



1

AFDC was replaced by PRWORA in 1996.
A)True
B)False
2

Americans are more likely than the citizens of Germany, Israel, and Japan to support paid maternity leave and childcare benefits.
A)True
B)False
3

Examples of government assistance programs that benefit the non-poor are home mortgage deductions and childcare tax credits.
A)True
B)False
4

Pro-abortion rights activists tend to support the ideology of the breadwinner/homemaker family.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
5

Conservatives believe that all needy families deserve assistance from the government.
A)True
B)False
6

Supporters of change in the welfare laws believed that the new program (PRWORA) would lessen dependency on public assistance.
A)True
B)False
7

The liberal viewpoint on family policy supports both abortion rights and government support for working mothers.
A)True
B)False
8

Since the passage of the new welfare reform act, the number of families receiving welfare has increased.
A)True
B)False
9

"Faith-based" programs to aid the poor would more likely be supported by liberals than by conservatives.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
10

The Social Security Act of 1935 followed the division of labor of the family connected to the family wage system model.
A)True
B)False