SOCI 2200 Exam 2 Terms Questions and Correct Answers/ Latest Update / Already Graded

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SOCI 2200 Exam 2 Terms Questions and Correct
Answers/ Latest Update / Already Graded
Attainment

Ans: (quantity) how many years of schooling you do


Achievement

Ans: (quality) how well you do in school (GPA, test scores)


working poor

Ans: those working full time on minimum wage but are still below the poverty line


isolation

Ans: unemployment is heavily stigmatized so those who are isolate themselves
from families and friends


ADC

Ans: aid to dependent children


AFDC

Ans: temporary aid to needy families
-you had to work (single moms and disabled)
-government would pay part of employees check


SSI

Ans: disability services to those who are of low income


Doubled up

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Ans: not homeless but living with someone else (not in their own home)


Public parenting

Ans: -usually occurs within homeless shelters
-your parenting is being watched by many others
-no privacy like in your own home
-kids can be taken from their parents (why families avoid homeless shelters)
-parents have less control, less provisions


Widowhood

Ans: when husband dies, way more common for women


family wage

Ans: in military, assumed men had a family to provide for and women were
assumed to be single
-bump in salary if married and in the military


Casual relationship

Ans: results from one thing (cause and effect)


Correlation

Ans: related in some way either together or in opposite ways


Boomerang generation

Ans: left home early and then came back to live at home (after college)


Slackers

Ans: dont want to get out and work (live on parent's dime)