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A/an ______ family consists of parents and their unmarried children, whereas a/an ______ family consists of several generations and other relatives.
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nuclear... extended
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The shift from a near balance of high birth and high death rates to one of low birth and low death rates is called __________.
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the demographic transition
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The death rates from _______ have dropped dramatically in industrial societies.
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communicable diseases
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Approximately ___ percent of babies born in industrial societies can expect to celebrate their fifteenth birthdays.
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99
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Whereas the average life expectancy in many advanced agrarian societies was only about ____ years, it is more than ____ years in industrial societies.
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20-25... 70
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A TFR of about ___ is required to "replace" parents in the next generation.
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2.11 (or a little more than 2)
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The average TFR in industrial societies is today about ___.
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1.7
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Brothers and sisters are also referred to as ______.
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siblings
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Because young people in industrial societies spend so much time together in educational institutions before they assume adult roles, they have developed a distinctive __________________.
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youth culture (or subculture)
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About ____ percent of all American women are employed outside the home today.
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59
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The systems of communication that can reach large numbers of people are referred to collectively as the ________.
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mass media
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The most basic underlying force effecting societal change and developement in industrial societies has been, and continues to be ___________.
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technological change
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In the U.S. today, women earn more _________ degrees than men.
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bachelor's degrees
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Whereas only about ___ percent of the populations of agrarian societies lived in urban areas, ____ percent of the populations of advanced industrial societies live in urban areas.
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10... (the great majority) 75-90
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Whereas in 1890 only about 6 percent of people aged fourteen to seventeen were enrolled in school, today about ____ percent are enrolled.
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96
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