chapter 11- true or false

Question 1

true or false-In the United States, since the 1960s, mothers and fathers have both increased the average amount of time per week they spend on childcare?

Answer 1

True: The past half-century has seen large increases in the amount of time that parents spend on childcare, and this is true both in the United States and around the world.

Question 2

true or false-In heterosexual households in which women make
more money than their husbands, wives tend to do less housework than husbands?

Answer 2

False: Some research finds
that women do less housework the more they earn but only up until the point where they earn as much as their
husbands. From that point on, men do less housework the more their wives outearn them.

Question 3

true or false-Women with severe physical disabilities experience
more workplace stress than men with similarly severe physical disabilities?

Answer 3

True: Women with more severe
physically disabilities report more work stress than both women with less severe disabilities and men regardless of their disability severity.

Question 4

true or false-Once you account for differences in the occupations that women and men choose, the gender
wage gap disappears?

Answer 4

False: Men do tend to select higher-paying jobs, but men earn more than women in both high- and low-paying occupations.

Question 5

true or false-Flexible work policies, such as telecommuting and flexible hours, correlate with lower job satisfaction and generally negative outcomes for organizations?

Answer 5

False:Flexible work arrangements correlate with more job satisfaction and do not predict overall negative
outcomes for organizations.