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Question

1. New research from the Conference Board of Canada finds that ________ workers are making less money relative to ________ workers.

a. male; female

b. non-disabled; disabled

c. native born; immigrant

d. younger; older

e. highly-skilled; lower-skilled

2. A substantial number of younger mothers ________, making them economically dependent on either their partners or the state.

a. lose their jobs

b. forgo a wage to stay at home and raise their children

c. are forced to seek higher education to compete in today's labour market

d. must live with parents, partners, or state subsidized housing

e. None of the above.

3. Age-stratification theory has been criticized for ______________.

a. failing to conceptualize age as both a process and a structure

b. failing to capture psychological and biological development

c. oversimplifying the inequalities that are associated with age

d. Both a and c.

e. None of the above.

4. _______ refers to the processes through which individuals comply with and accept the various schema and resources that structure society.

a. Resistance

b. Structure

c. Conformation

d. Power dynamics

e. None of the above.

5. A ______________ occurs when human lives change faster than the social structure.

a. cohort dynamism

b. structural lag

c. social lag

d. cohort centrism

e. None of the above.