SOC0438 1st EditionFinal Exam Study GuideSociology of the Family Final Exam Study GuideAfter speaking with the T.A. here are all the details that I could accumulate about the final exam. The final exam will not be cumulative it will only cover things we covered in class after the second exam as well as the online fact sheets. There are 17 fact sheets each of them no longer than a page long the exam will contain 17-19 (6 true or false and the rest multiple choice) questions on these fact sheets which means at least 1 question will be asked about each sheet, you will not need to know specificpercentages just general trends (Basak encourages looking at the graph oninterracial marriage), you also won’t need to know information about linksthat were included on the fact sheets i.e. YouTube videos. You will not needto read the book for this exam as there won’t be any questions from the book, all questions will come from either fact sheets or the lecture notes.Father’s involvement in their children’s livesFathers have nearly tripled the amount of time they spend with their children, from 2.5 hours in 1965 to 7.3 hours per week in 2011. Despite that increase, 46% of fathers said they spent too little time with their children; half of dads said they spent the right amount of time.Stay at home dads The Census Bureau estimates in 2010 that there were about 189,000 stay-at-home dads –defined as married fathers with children younger than15 who stayed out of the labor force for at least one year primarily to care for the family while their wife works outside the home. PEW put that number at 2 million in 2012 and the number has been rising since then.Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)The FMLA entitles eligible employees of covered employers to take unpaid, job-protected leave for specified family and medical reasons with continuation of group health insurance coverage under the same terms and conditions as if the employee had not taken leave. Eligible employees are entitled to: Twelve workweeks of leave in a 12-month period for:- the birth of a child and to care for the newborn child within one year of birth; - the placement with the employee of a child for adoption or foster care and to care for the newly placed child within one year of placement; - to care for the employee’s spouse, child, or parent who has a serious health condition;The US government now requires that after giving birth the mother is legally entitled to 12 weeks off from her job and cannot lose her job for taking that time off. But, it is unpaid… This doesn’t require companies to offer fathers of biological offspring any time off. Additionally the law only applies if you have worked for your company full time for 12 months prior to the leave. And, a job is guaranteed but not necessarily guaranteed to be the same job as before. The United States is the only country which does not offer any paid maternity leave compared to this Canada offers up to a full year.Opt out mothersAn increasing number of women are “opting out” of work in order to stay at home with children.You can watch the 10 minute video showed in class
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