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Question 1:

All of the following types of families are on the increase in Canada except ________.
a) two parents with children
b) couples without children
c) one-person households
d) lone-parent families

Question 2:

The ideal “typical” characteristics of a family dictate that ________.
a) adult partners within the family have a long-term, exclusive sexual relationship
b) there are two adult partners within the family, one woman and one man
c) there are at least two children
d) grandparents live in the same household as adult partners and children

Question 3:

To better understand the nature of family, we should think about it as ________.
a) a structure
b) a process
c) a form
d) an ideal type

Question 4:

Historically, Aboriginal families are considered ________.
a) non-egalitarian
b) egalitarian
c) nuclear
d) male dominated

Question 5:

________ showed the highest average age of women who gave birth in 2008.
a) Alberta and Manitoba
b) Prince Edward Island
c) Newfoundland and Labrador
d) Ontario and British Columbia

Question 6:

Today Canadian divorce rates are ________ what one finds in many other Western nations.
a) lower than
b) higher than
c) equal to
d) significantly lower than

Question 7:

The concept “boomerang kids” refers to those children who ________.
a) return to foster care institutions after reaching the age of majority
b) return to their parents’ home after entering the adult world
c) support their parents financially in return for the earlier support they received as children
d) once they become parents themselves replicate their parents’ childrearing methods

Question 8:

Of the following four settings, children reported the highest well-being level in ________.
a) two-parent families with a lot of parental conflict
b) single-mother families without contact with a non-residential father
c) single-mother families with contact with a non-residential father
d) families after divorce with continuing parental conflict

Question 9:

Divorce affects ________ more negatively compared to ________.
a) men, women
b) sons, daughters
c) women, men
d) daughters, sons

Question 10:

An amendment to the Canadian Divorce Act 1985 requires ________ of separation for divorce to be granted.
a) five years
b) three years
c) two years
d) one year

Question 11:

Kinship system is considered patrilineal when relationships of its members are determined by father’s relationships.
a) True
b) False

Question 12:

Canadian society is a matrilineal society.
a) True
b) False

Question 13:

Households without children have become the most common type of families today in Canada.
a) True
b) False

Question 14:

Canadian Aboriginal families display some of the non-normative features of family.
a) True
b) False

Question 15:

In Canada, polygamous marriages are allowed under the Section 293 of the Criminal Code.
a) True
b) False

Question 16:

Although many women have joined the labour force, they still bear an unequal share of domestic chores at home.
a) True
b) False

Question 17:

After a separation or divorce, ex-wives are often better off financially than ex-husbands.
a) True
b) False

Question 18:

Ongoing conflict between parents after their divorce hurts children more than not having one parent’s involvement.
a) True
b) False

Question 19:

Staying in an unhappy marriage is more harmful than a divorce.
a) True
b) False

Question 20:

Civil restraining orders and mandatory arrests have been effective in preventing family violence.
a) True
b) False

Higher Education

Social Problems, Fourth Edition: Chapter 11