Writers Den

1. The American Divorce rates have declined over the past ______?
2. 20 years
3. The rate has stayed the same
4. the rate is not declining
5. 10 years

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QUESTION 2

1. Why is the divorce rate declining?
2. The legalization of gay marriage
3. People are marrying later, are more educated and more affluent
4. There has been an upsurge of religiosity among young Americans
5. The divorce rate is being calculated differently today

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QUESTION 3

1. The divorce rate has declined the most for:
2. Catholics
3. people with a college education
4. people with children
5. Blacks

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QUESTION 4

1. Which of the following statement correctly describes changes in the American family in the past thirty years?
2. None of the above statements are true
3. Divorce and child abuse have decreased. Teen pregnancy and out-of-wedlock births have increased.
4. Divorce, child abuse, teen pregnancy, and out-of-wedlock births have all decreased.
5. Divorce has remained at about 50% for the entire 30 years.

0.25 points

QUESTION 5

1. Why have teen births been declining?
2. Economic recessions: the birth rate is lower during recessions
3. Increased religiosity: more teens have pledged abstinence as part of their religious values
4. Sexual orientation changes: more teens today are gay
5. Increased abortions: most teen pregnancies end in abortion, not birth

0.5 points

QUESTION 6

1. What role did “16 and pregnant” play in the teen pregnancy rate?
2. It is responsible for about 30% of the decline in teen pregnancy since 2009
3. It is responsible for an increase in the teen abortion rate since 2009
4. It is responsible for about 1% of the decline in teen pregnancy since 2009
5. It is impossible to tell what impact it has had on teen pregnancy

0.5 points

QUESTION 7

1. Today, more so than in 1970, women say that they are Stay-at-Home Moms because:
2. they cannot find a job
3. they believe that the traditional family is the best way to raise a family
4. they believe the roles of men and women are different
5. they believe that children should not be in day care outside of the family

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QUESTION 8

1. One of the reasons that there has been a change in the percent of stay-at-home moms is:
2. Climate change
3. Immigration
4. Gay marriage
5. Changes in birth control methods

0.5 points

QUESTION 9

1. You are a nurse on an OB/GYN ward of a hospital. You receive notice that an unmarried woman is coming in to give birth. Knowing nothing else about this woman except the fact that she is unmarried, what is the best prediction you can make about her based on the statistics you learned in this module?
2. She is having her second child
3. She is cohabiting with a male partner
4. She is a teenager
5. She is Asian