Author Question: The level of education of one's parents and their net worth are the two best predictors of the ... (Read 63 times)

Pea0909berry · **on:** Jul 2, 2018

The level of education of one's parents and their net worth are the two best predictors of the quality of higher education their children will receive.

Since black students tend to come from far less wealthy homes than white students do, their ability to go to the prestigious universities and colleges that produce the most entrants into the professions and the world of finance and business is far more limited. This situation is an example of __________. a. institutional discrimination
b. racism
c. violation of a social norm
d. prejudice

Question 2

Unemployment can have many effects on the family. For example, a study based on 4,476 school-age children in 2,569 families across the country found that, when fathers are involuntarily unemployed, __________.

a. children have a greater likelihood of repeating a grade or getting suspended from school
b. daughters are more likely to do chores around the house because they want to be of help to their parents
c. sons grow closer to their fathers because of the time the father spent at home, although there was no effect for daughters
d. sons are more likely to impregnate girls, but daughters are less likely to get pregnant