SYG EXAM 3 2025 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
True or False: The total fertility rate is measured by the number of children born to the average
woman in her lifetime. - ANS True
True or False: Infertility is defined as not being able to get pregnant due to irregular or no
sexual activity. - ANS False
Which is not one of the reasons for the decrease in adoption after the 1960s? -
ANS Interracial adoptive families are becoming more common
Nowadays the emotional development of children is considered more important than
previously, and a new type of ideal as an emotional, nurturing companion is becoming more
common among fathers. This ideal is called... - ANS Involved father ideal
True or False: The primary trends of the second transition include delays in marriage and
increases in cohabitation and nonmarital childbearing - ANS True
True or False: Socioeconomic differences in the patterns of the second demographic transition
would lead to greater disparities in children's resources. - ANS True
According to McLanahan's article, which is not one of the patterns for mothers with higher
education? - ANS Partners who commit less hours with their children
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, According to McLanahan's article, which is not one of the causes of diverging destinies? -
ANS Increase in wage equality
True or False: The crude divorce rate has been increasing since the 1980s in the United States. -
ANS False
True or False: The decrease in the divorce rate during COVID-19 was observed in all states. -
ANS False
Which is not true about the "divorce revolution"? - ANS It contributed to eliminating the
feminization of poverty in the 1980s.
Which is one of the reasons for the decline in the divorce rate during recessions? -
ANS Divorce requires the costs of one spouse moving out.
True or False: The system of care is exclusively determined by within-family interactions -
ANS False
True or False: In the past few decades, the US government has mandated employers to provide
an increasingly longer period of paid leave for their employees after the birth of a child. -
ANS False
Which is not one of the reasons for the decrease in housework time for married women over
the past half-century? - ANS More household members are available for housework.
Which is not one of the reasons for the motherhood penalty? - ANS Longer work experience
of women with children
True or False: (Craig & Mullan 2010) In all five countries, mothers spent less time on paid work
than nonmothers. - ANS True
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ANSWERS
True or False: The total fertility rate is measured by the number of children born to the average
woman in her lifetime. - ANS True
True or False: Infertility is defined as not being able to get pregnant due to irregular or no
sexual activity. - ANS False
Which is not one of the reasons for the decrease in adoption after the 1960s? -
ANS Interracial adoptive families are becoming more common
Nowadays the emotional development of children is considered more important than
previously, and a new type of ideal as an emotional, nurturing companion is becoming more
common among fathers. This ideal is called... - ANS Involved father ideal
True or False: The primary trends of the second transition include delays in marriage and
increases in cohabitation and nonmarital childbearing - ANS True
True or False: Socioeconomic differences in the patterns of the second demographic transition
would lead to greater disparities in children's resources. - ANS True
According to McLanahan's article, which is not one of the patterns for mothers with higher
education? - ANS Partners who commit less hours with their children
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, According to McLanahan's article, which is not one of the causes of diverging destinies? -
ANS Increase in wage equality
True or False: The crude divorce rate has been increasing since the 1980s in the United States. -
ANS False
True or False: The decrease in the divorce rate during COVID-19 was observed in all states. -
ANS False
Which is not true about the "divorce revolution"? - ANS It contributed to eliminating the
feminization of poverty in the 1980s.
Which is one of the reasons for the decline in the divorce rate during recessions? -
ANS Divorce requires the costs of one spouse moving out.
True or False: The system of care is exclusively determined by within-family interactions -
ANS False
True or False: In the past few decades, the US government has mandated employers to provide
an increasingly longer period of paid leave for their employees after the birth of a child. -
ANS False
Which is not one of the reasons for the decrease in housework time for married women over
the past half-century? - ANS More household members are available for housework.
Which is not one of the reasons for the motherhood penalty? - ANS Longer work experience
of women with children
True or False: (Craig & Mullan 2010) In all five countries, mothers spent less time on paid work
than nonmothers. - ANS True
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