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Several sociologists have been studying why poor men and women often do not marry before having a child.
 
  They are looking beyond individual preferences and are exploring issues such as unemployment rates, sex ratios, and other patterns of social organization. What theme does this represent from the text? a. linking personal experience with social structure
   b. using a comparative perspective
   c. emphasizing a qualitative approach
   d. individuals are responsible for their own achievements

Question 2

Understanding social inequality is important because people usually live out their lives in generally the same social class in which they were born. Why is this the case?
 
  a. The United States is no longer stratified.
  b. The wealthy have been able to eliminate their social capital while lower-income people still have theirs.
  c. Low-income people learn to be lazy, and high-income people learn to work hard.
  d. Parents pass on their wealth and social capital (or their lack of it) to their children.



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Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

d



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