Deck 13: Global Dynamics and Population Demographic Trends

Question 1

Most money boys self-identify as:

A)homosexual or bisexual
B)heterosexual
C)asexual
D)hijra

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Rudrappa reports that the babies carried by surrogates were delivered,by caesarian surgery (C-section)between 36 and 37 weeks of gestation.What was the reason for this?

A)Vaginal deliveries present higher risks to the baby's health.
B)Vaginal deliveries present higher risks to the mother's health.
C)Surgical deliveries were more convenient,in terms of scheduling.
D)Surgical deliveries entail less recovery time for women than vaginal deliveries,thus allowing women to return to factory work sooner.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

What do most immigrant care workers do with their earnings?

A)Save up for their own small business
B)Send the money home
C)Spend the money on material goods not accessible in their country of origin
D)Spend the money in preparation for family visits

Answer 3

B

Question 4

There is little difference between the cost of surrogacy services in India and the same services in the United States.

Question 5

What percentage of the world's migrants are women?

A)20%
B)35%
C)40%
D)50%

Question 6

At the time of Rudrappa's research,the cost of surrogacy in India was approximately ___ per baby.

A)$4,000 to $7,000
B)$12,000 to 16,000
C)$20,000 to 26,000
D)$35,000 to $40,000

Question 7

In Bangalore,what is "the main conduit" for women who offer reproductive services?

A)Families who "sell" the services of their unmarriageable daughters
B)The garment production industry
C)University campuses,where women who cannot afford tuition are recruited by fellow students
D)Village elders who earn commissions for recruiting unmarriageable females

Question 8

Individuals with a varied network of longstanding,non-kin relationships often belong to which demographic?

A)Never married
B)Widowed
C)Latino
D)Parents of at least three children

Question 9

Most migration takes place through:

A)educational systems.
B)employer contacts.
C)friends and relatives.
D)health institutions.

Question 10

Rudrappa explains that the women who act as surrogates are unsophisticated and so unable to understand that they are being exploited.

Question 11

Which statement is NOT accurate about migrant women mothers?

A)They are often single mothers
B)They often leave their children in orphanages.
C)They feel separation acutely.
D)They lavish their love on their employers' children.

Question 12

Many older people report that _____ is the most significant source of socialization outside of the family.

A)religious activity
B)senior centers
C)work
D)tending to a neighbor's health concerns

Question 13

In which setting would one be least likely to find age-segregation?

A)a family reunion
B)A volunteer group working to fight illiteracy
C)Stevens elementary school
D)Temple Ohav Shalom

Question 14

Why does Bangalore appeal to people from the United States seeking surrogacy services?

A)Low cost of labor
B)Availability of quality medical services
C)Low cost of pharmaceuticals
D)All of the above

Question 15

Women who have acted as surrogates often serve as recruits,bringing other women into the business of surrogacy.

Question 16

Hukou is:

A)a system of household registration
B)means of controlling and tracking internal migration
C)a system that affords greater access to healthcare and education to those from urban environments
D)All of the above

Question 17

For male prostitutes,sex work offers:

A)lucrative monetary compensation
B)the ability act as an entrepreneur
C)the possibility for social mobility
D)self-esteem
E)All of the above

Question 18

The authors studied _____ in _____.

A)population control; China
B)age-segregation; the Netherlands
C)fertility rates; the U.S.
D)ageism; South Africa

Question 19

Indiriani,and many women like her,view surrogacy as more "meaningful" than factory work.

Question 20

Which of the following is not one of the findings of Uhlenberg and de Jong Gierveld's study?

A)Older people have a deficit of young adults in their social networks.
B)A large proportion of older persons' networks were kin.
C)Participation in church activities increased the likelihood of cross-age interactions.
D)Divorce increases likelihood of cross-age interactions with non-kin.

Question 21

Uhlenberg and de Jong Gierveld note that research indicates that age-homogeneity in non-kin networks is stronger among younger people than older people.

Question 22

Compared to men,female migrant workers are more likely to return to their country of origin.

Question 23

According to Uhlenberg and de Jong Gierveld,a good technique for getting a sense of the level of age-segregation in a contemporary society is to examine the age-composition of personal social networks.

Question 24

The term zai,used to refer to Chinese male sex workers who service men,means "son" or "boy."

Question 25

Prostitution is legal in China,so long as the transactions take place in places designated as brothels.

Question 26

Chinese male sex workers who serve men are often termed "rent boys" while those who serve women are known as "money boys."

Question 27

Many money boys do not view what they do as work.

Question 28

Most money boys are from urban backgrounds.

Question 29

At the time Hochschild wrote this piece,of the roughly 792,000 legal house?hold workers in the United States,about 70% were born outside the United States.

Question 30

Kong's research indicates that most money boys were lured into the sex-trade and feel less like entrepreneurs than slaves.

Question 31

Most male prostitutes would prefer to leave sex work,even if that meant taking on low-paying menial jobs.

Question 32

The largest group of male sex workers is known as "money boys."