Test Bank

Chapter 3: Analyzing Gender With the GSS

1. Which of the following terms best describes the process through which individuals learn the norms appropriate for different gender groups?

a. Gender construction

b. Gender essentialism

c. Gender reconstruction

d. Gender socialization

1. When it comes to analyzing gender inequality using the General Social Survey, one important limitation is that:

a. Respondents are not given the opportunity to identify as transgender or gender-queer.

b. Only women are asked questions about most gender-related issues.

c. Men are over-represented among respondents

d. The survey contains no questions about gender ideology.

Use Figure 3.1 to answer the following 4 questions. The variable AGAPE1 records respondents’ answers to the following question “Do you agree strongly, agree somewhat, neither agree nor disagree, disagree somewhat, or strongly disagree with the following statement? I would rather suffer myself than let the one I love suffer.

Figure 3.1

1. The variable AGAPE1 is best described as a(n)

a. Categorical variable

b. Nominal-level variable

c. Ordinal variable

d. Interval-ratio variable

1. The 63.4 in the upper right hand of the cross-tab in Figure 3.1 shows that:

a. 63.4% of respondents strongly agreed with the statement “I would rather suffer myself than let the one I love suffer.”

b. About 63 respondents strongly agreed with the statement “I would rather suffer myself than let the one I love suffer.”

c. 63.4% of respondents who strongly agreed with the statement “I would rather suffer myself than let the one I love suffer” were women.

d. 63.4% of respondents who strongly agreed with the statement “I would rather suffer myself than let the one I love suffer” were men.

1. The 69.3 in the upper left hand of the cross-tab in Figure 3.1shows that:

a. 69.3% of respondents strongly agreed with the statement “I would rather suffer myself than let the one I love suffer.”

b. 69.3% of men strongly agreed with the statement “I would rather suffer myself than let the one I love suffer.”

c. 69.3% of the people who strongly agreed with the statement “I would rather suffer myself than let the one I love suffer” were men.

d. About 69 men strongly agreed with the statement “I would rather suffer myself than let the one I love suffer.”

1. Which of the following statements does NOT accurately describe the relationship between SEX and AGAPE1?

a. Men were more likely than women to strongly agree with the idea that ““I would rather suffer myself than let the one I love suffer.”

b. Among men and women, the majority of respondents strongly agreed with the idea that ““I would rather suffer myself than let the one I love suffer.”

c. Among both men and women, the modal category was “strongly agree.”

d. Men were more likely than women to disagree somewhat or strongly disagree with the idea that “I would rather suffer myself than let the one I love suffer.”

Use Figure 3.2 to answer the following 4 questions. The variable FEIMP was included in the 1983 and 1996 surveys, and records respondents’ answers to the question “How important is the women's rights issue to you?”

Figure 3.2

1. The variable FEIMP is best described as a(n)

a. Categorical variable

b. Nominal-level variable

c. Ordinal variable

d. Interval-ratio variable

1. The 14.3 in the upper right hand of the cross-tab in Figure 3.2 shows that:

a. 14.3 % of respondents answered that the issue of women’s rights was one of the most important things to them.

b. 14.3 % of women respondents answered that the issue of women’s rights was one of the most important things to them.

c. Of the respondents who answered that the issue of women’s rights was one of the most important things to them, 14.3% were women.

d. Of the respondents surveyed, about 14 women answered that the issue of women’s rights was one of the most important things to them

1. The 1,041.1 in the bottom row of the cross-tab in Figure 3.2 indicates that:

a. Approximately 1,041 men provided valid responses when asked about the importance of the women’s rights issue.

b. Approximately 1,041 men reported that the women’s rights issue was one of the most important issues to them.

c. Men were more likely than women to report that the women’s rights issue was one of the most important issues to them.

d. Women were more likely than women to report that the women’s rights issue was not at all an important issue to them.

1. Which of the following statements best describes the relationship between SEX and FEIMP?

a. In general, the women surveyed report that the women’s rights issues is one of the most important issues for them.

b. In general, the men surveyed report that the women’s rights issues is an issue that is not important to them at all.

c. Regardless of gender, most respondents reported that the women’s rights issue was important to them.

d. There is no relationship between respondents’ gender and how respondents feel about the importance of the women’s rights issue.