The myth of the monolithic family sometimes includes the belief that families have not changed historically. Viviana Zelizer (cited by Aulette) provides an example of the value of children in the late 1800's and today.
In cases of wrongful death of young children, she found that courts awarded
a. more money in earlier times because of the greater emotional value of children then.
b. more money in the present day because of the greater value of the labor of children today.
c. more money in the present day because of the greater emotional value of children today.
d. little money in either case because children have never been highly valued in the U.S.
Question 2
Data from 2005 indicated that men have a median of ________ sex partners in their lifetime while women have a median number of about ________.
a. three or four ... two.
b. six to eight ... four.
c. ten to twelve ... six.
d. twenty to twenty-two ... ten
Rituals such as the sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick are important expressions of religious be
The risk of dying before the age of 65 gets lower as family income gets higher.
Recommendations for Family and Work Intersection
The Decline of Two-Parent Families
This graph illustrates how unattached older adults are poorer than their peers who live in families