Deck 5: Families and Demographic Trends: the New Immigration and the Aging of Society

Question 1

More than one-half of all children in the United States are non-White.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Women make up the majority of the elderly population.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Over the past two decades,the rate of Latino and Asians marrying partners of other races

A) has increased dramatically.
B) has stayed the same.
C) has increased for Latinos but not for Asians.
D) has declined.

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Which of the following accurately describes the geographic distribution of the immigrant population?

A) The Asian population is concentrated on the West Coast of the United States.
B) California has a large concentration of Latinos.
C) Recent immigrants have tended to settle on the West Coast, the East Coast, and in the Southwest.
D) all of the above

Question 5

Gaining immigrant status in the United States generally requires a sponsor.

Question 6

The racial minority population is growing at a faster rate than the White population.

Question 7

According to the text,recent immigrants encounter what obstacle to assimilation that did not confront earlier waves of European immigrants?

A) The new immigrants are less willing to learn English.
B) The new immigrants are limited by high fertility rates.
C) The new immigrants are racial ethnics, not Whites, and as such encounter obstacles related to racism.
D) The cultural patterns of recent immigrants are less compatible with U.S. culture.

Question 8

Early twentieth-century immigration legislation excluded female migrants.

Question 9

Asian American families are strictly patriarchal.

Question 10

As a result of a large influx of immigrants,Whites are now a numerical minority in the state of California.

Question 11

Which of the following groups of Latinos is most economically advantaged and educated?

A) Cubans
B) Puerto Ricans
C) Mexicans
D) Central and South Americans

Question 12

Which of the following conclusions can be drawn about the Asian Americans and the model minority stereotype?

A) The stereotype is inaccurate because Asian Americans do not actually have higher educational attainment and incomes than Latinos.
B) The stereotype is inaccurate because it assumes that all Asian groups have succeeded economically, when in fact, some Asian groups have high poverty rates.
C) The stereotype is accurate because all Asian American groups have succeeded in U.S. society.
D) Asian Americans are no longer considered the ʺmodel minorityʺ because of high rates of intermarriage.

Question 13

The percentage of children living in immigrant families in 2010 in the United States was

A) 10%
B) 16%
C) 22%
D) 40%

Question 14

The 65-and-older category is the fastest growing segment of the U.S.population.

Question 15

Recent immigrants are most likely to have been born in which of the following regions?

A) Asia
B) Latin America
C) Europe
D) Africa

Question 16

The various groups of Latinos are very similar in terms of education and income.

Question 17

These types of families consist of both undocumented immigrants and U.S.citizens or legal residents.

A) binational
B) transnational
C) multinational
D) trinational

Question 18

Which of the following "societal earthquakes" have had a major effect on families?

A) globalization
B) the new immigration
C) the aging of society
D) all of the above

Question 19

The Immigration Act amendments of 1965 abandoned the quota system that had preserved the European character of the United States for nearly half a century.

Question 20

What percentage of recent immigrants are from non-European countries?

A) 10%
B) 50%
C) 75%
D) 90%

Question 21

Kibria found in her study of immigrant Vietnamese families that

A) husbands and wives became more equal after migration to the United States.
B) gender inequality became more extreme than had been the case in Vietnam.
C) in general, men gained prestige in the family due to their ability to find high status work in the United States.
D) none of the above

Question 22

Use the case studies of Mexican and Vietnamese immigration to discuss the effects of immigration on family dynamics.Present evidence of both continuity and change.

Question 23

What are the effects of immigration on immigrant families? Discuss three possible consequences of migration on immigrant families.

Question 24

According to the Census,from 2000 to 2010,cohabitation among the elderly

A) decreased dramatically.
B) tripled.
C) stayed the same.
D) grew by 10%.

Question 25

Although the elderly share a common age category,the experience of elderly individuals varies by race,social class,and gender.Discuss diversity in the population of elderly Americans.

Question 26

Of the following,which is true of the structure of the population of the United States?

A) It is getting younger.
B) It is getting older.
C) It is getting more male.
D) It is predominantly Asian.

Question 27

This is a three-generation household where parents care for their parents and their children.

A) Beanpole family structure
B) Baby boomer family structure
C) Sandwich family structure
D) Gen X family structure

Question 28

Retreating from relationships,organizations,and society is known as

A) disengagement.
B) release.
C) withdrawal.
D) none of the above

Question 29

Which racial group has the longest life expectancy?

A) Whites
B) African Americans
C) Latinos
D) Asian Americans

Question 30

Which of the following generalizations about race and aging is inaccurate?

A) The median net worth of older White families is far higher than that of older African American families.
B) The life expectancy of Whites is longer than the life expectancy of racial minorities.
C) The poverty rates of elderly Americans in all racial groups are approximately the same.
D) Racial minorities are less likely than Whites to receive full-time skilled nursing home care.

Question 31

This group of elders is more likely to live in their children's homes than elderly Whites.

A) Japanese
B) Latino
C) African American
D) Puerto Ricans

Question 32

Which of the following is true of Social Security?

A) All elderly recipients receive the same level of benefits.
B) Individuals with higher lifetime earnings receive higher Social Security benefits.
C) Individuals with lower lifetime earnings receive higher Social Security benefits.
D) All elderly Americans receive Social Security benefits.

Question 33

Which is true of the elderly in the United States?

A) As their numbers increase, so will their sphere of political influence.
B) By 2038, they are projected to make up more than 1/3 of the electorate.
C) A striking number of seniors are politically active.
D) all of the above

Question 34

According to the 2010 Census,this many elderly were in nursing homes.

A) 1.3 million
B) 2 million
C) 2.5 million
D) 3 million

Question 35

Which of the following conclusions can be drawn about the elderly and gender?

A) Elderly women are more likely to be poor than elderly men.
B) Elderly women are more likely to be represented in the old-old category (85 or older) than are elderly men.
C) Elderly men are more likely to live with a spouse than are elderly women.
D) all of the above

Question 36

Which is true of the elderly immigrant in the United States?

A) They are poor.
B) They do not speak English.
C) They often provide child care for the family.
D) all of the above

Question 37

Which of the following is covered by Medicare?

A) home health care
B) hospice care
C) hospital insurance
D) all of the above

Question 38

Typically,for immigrants in the United States,having women in the paid labor force is viewed as

A) desirable.
B) undesirable.
C) only a viable option if she makes more money than her husband.
D) only attractive if she makes less money than her husband.

Question 39

Which of the following regarding the elderly and health care is inaccurate?

A) The elderly consume more than one-third of all health care in the United States.
B) The elderly are four times as likely as the non-elderly to be hospitalized.
C) Fifty percent of the elderly have Alzheimer's disease.
D) Osteoarthritis affects about half of those age 65 and older.

Question 40

Which of the following is the health insurance program for those 65 and older?

A) Medicaid
B) ACA
C) Obamacare
D) Medicare