chapter 16 online questions

Question 1

1: In general, what can we predict about the population as a whole?

Answer 1

it will become older

Question 2

2: Richard, Joanne, and their two biological children are a traditional family. What is likely to happen to this family type?

Answer 2

. It will decrease as more variations on family living become socially acceptable.

Question 3

9: What will the effect of communications technology depend primarily on?

Answer 3

how people make use of it

Question 4

10: According to the text, what does the answer to the question, “Will the family survive?” depend on?

Answer 4

the definition of family

Question 5

3: Which term refers to the ratio of the combined youth and senior population to the working-age population, expressed as the number of dependants for every 100 workers?

Answer 5

dependency ratio

Question 6

4:What are current family laws based on?

Answer 6

a marriage model

Question 7

6:What is one unexpected benefit of the aging of the population?

Answer 7

more generations coexist now than at any other time in history

Question 8

7:hich group has experienced the greatest increase in people living alone?

Answer 8

older women

Question 9

8: Currently, where do most Canadian immigrants come from?

Answer 9

asia

Question 10

5:What is the fastest-growing age group in Canada?

Answer 10

those 85 and older