Deck 12: Female Employment

Question 1

Which of the following has a negative correlation with the female employment rate in the United States?

A)the percentage of college graduates
B)the abortion rate
C)the percentage of births to unmarried women
D)the percentage of divorced females

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Do you think the female employment rate will be lower, higher, or unchanged in the year 2020? Use some of the historical trends or the results from the scatterplots in Chapter 12 to support your answer.

Answer 2

no answer

Question 3

States with high female employment rates

A)have more single females.
B)have more college graduates.
C)more births to unmarried women.
D)all of the above
E)both b and c

Answer 3

B

Question 4

In comparison to single-earner families, families in which both spouses are employed full-time are

A)less likely to socialize with friends.
B)less likely to socialize with family.
C)less likely to eat out.
D)less likely to spend 4 or more hours a day watching television
E)all of the above

Question 5

In 2000, the lowest female employment rates were in the

A)Midwest.
B)Northeast.
C)Plains.
D)South.

Question 6

According to the General Social Survey,
C)most employed women say they do all or most of the housework.
C)most men believe they do all or most of the housework.
D)most employed women believe housework is divided evenly.
D)most women say their spouses do little or no housework.

Question 7

Which of the following statements about the female employment rate is (are) supported by the results in Chapter 12?

A)in 2000 every state had a female employment rate over fifty percent
B)in 1920 only the Northeastern states had female employment rates over fifty percent
C)the geographic distribution of the states with the highest female employments rates remained virtually unchanged from 1920 to 2000
D)all of the above
E)none of the above

Question 8

States with high female employment rates tend to have a greater percentage of

A)single females.
B)divorced females.
C)single and divorced females.
D)neither single nor divorced females.

Question 9

In over half of pre-industrial societies, women supply ___________ of subsistence labor.

A)under 10 percent
B)10 - 25 percent
C)26 - 50 percent
D)over 50 percent

Question 10

Which of the following statements about the relationship between the female employment rate and the economy is supported by the results in Chapter 12?

A)In 1920, the states with the lowest farm wages had the highest female employment rates.
B)In 1940 there was not a statistically significant relationship between the female employment rate and the median family income.
C)In 2000, the states with the highest family incomes had the highest female employment rates.
D)all of the above
E)none of the above

Question 11

Use the results of Chapter 12 to summarize four factors which influence the female employment rate.Explain why you think each of these factors are influential.

Question 12

In 1920, the highest female employment rates were in the

A)Midwest.
B)Northeast.
C)Plains.
D)South.

Question 13

Throughout most of human history, the task of providing food, shelter and clothing has been

A)solely the male's responsibility.
B)solely the female's responsibility.
C)shared by men and women.
D)a communal responsibility.

Question 14

The female employment rate in the United States

A)did not begin to rise until the 1960's.
B)fluctuated up and down throughout the 1900's.
C)increased each decade during the 1900's.
D)increased more rapidly before 1940 than after.

Question 15

Globally, there is ______________ between the female labor force participation and income per capita.

A)a positive correlation
B)a negative correlation
C)not a statistically significant correlation