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daltonest1984

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Cubans have lower divorce rates than Puerto Ricans, who then have lower divorce rates than African Americans.This suggests that,apart from race, divorce is related to
 
  a. social class.
  b. ethnicity.
  c. gender roles.
  d.
   assimilation.

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Which of the following exemplifies the Latino paradox?
 
  a. Maria, a Mexican American, is in the working class and does not have her high school diploma, but has a longer life expectancy than Whitney, a White, middle-class and college-educated woman.
  b. Belen, a Puerto Rican, lacks a college degree, but finds work in a bank and climbs into the middle class faster than Corey, a White woman who does have a college degree.
  c. Hugo, an immigrant from Venezuela, is given automatic entrance into a state college, while Paul, a White American, is waitlisted.
  d.
   Alejandro, a second-generation Mexican American, graduates from high school and enters the local university to study business, while Jack, a White male, drops out of high school and joins a gang.



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Answer to Question 1

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