Social Science Questionnaire
Question 15 pts
Approximately how many times more wealth do White households have compared to Black households?
Flag question: Question 2Question 25 pts
What percentage of Whites are homeowners?
Flag question: Question 3Question 35 pts
Which group has the highest percentage of households that lack adequate savings?
Flag question: Question 4Question 45 pts
Which group has the lowest rate of unemployment?
Flag question: Question 5Question 55 pts
Which group finds a new job the fastest after being unemployed?
Flag question: Question 6Question 65 pts
In Devah Pager’s study, employees were more likely to call back Blacks without a criminal record than Whites with a criminal record.
Flag question: Question 7Question 75 pts
A research study in 2002 found applicants with white-sounding names are 50% more likely to get called for an initial interview than applicants with African-American-sounding names.
Flag question: Question 8Question 85 pts
Research demonstrates that wages do not rise for any occupation characterized by the presence of African American women.
Flag question: Question 9Question 95 pts
Which of the following is NOT an example of a soft skill?
Flag question: Question 10Question 105 pts
Hispanics account for approximately what percentage of high school dropouts?
Flag question: Question 11Question 115 pts
Whites are four times more likely to earn a bachelor’s degree than drop out of high school.
Flag question: Question 12Question 125 pts
Who makes up the majority of the labor force?
Flag question: Question 13Question 135 pts
The top 10% owns what percentage of all assets in the US?
Flag question: Question 14Question 145 pts
For every $1 a White person owns, a Black or Hispanic person owns how much?
Flag question: Question 15Question 155 pts
While historically Blacks in the US have lived in rural Southern areas, by 1970, what percentage of Blacks lived in cities?
Flag question: Question 16Question 165 pts
After Brown v the Board of Education decision, membership in the KKK decreased.
Flag question: Question 17Question 175 pts
The FHA (Federal Housing Administration) endorsed redlining in the 1930s.
Flag question: Question 18Question 185 pts
What year did the Fair Housing Act pass?
Flag question: Question 19Question 195 pts
After the Civil War, African Americans had to start their own medical schools because White doctors refused to treat Blacks.
Flag question: Question 20Question 205 pts
As of 2014, what percentage of physicians were Black in the United States?
Flag question: Question 21Question 215 pts
The eugenics movement was about:
Flag question: Question 22Question 225 pts
Under the Immigration Law of 1891, people seen as ‘unfit’ were deported.
Flag question: Question 23Question 235 pts
Which group has the highest rate of diabetes?
Flag question: Question 24Question 245 pts
Stress from discrimination can have an effect on your physical health.
Flag question: Question 25Question 255 pts
Which of the following is not part of the criminal justice system?
Flag question: Question 26Question 265 pts
Which country has the highest incarceration rates in the world?
Flag question: Question 27Question 275 pts
The Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 changed:
Flag question: Question 28Question 285 pts
Men make up what percentage of the prison and jail population?
Flag question: Question 29Question 295 pts
If African American and Hispanics were incarcerated at the same rates of Whites, today’s prison and jail populations would decline by approximately 50%.
Flag question: Question 30Question 305 pts
One in 3 Latino men born today can expect to be incarcerated in their lifetime.
Flag question: Question 31Question 315 pts
What percentage of Black men are denied the right to vote because of felony disenfranchisement?
Flag question: Question 32Question 325 pts
Youth of color are less likely to be arrested than White youth.
Flag question: Question 33Question 335 pts
Which of the following is NOT a function that punishment serves?
Flag question: Question 34Question 345 pts
What percentage of criminal cases are never tried in court?
Flag question: Question 35Question 355 pts
What decade did private prisons form in the US?
Flag question: Question 36Question 365 pts
Private Prisons have no incentive to decrease incarceration rates.
Flag question: Question 37Question 375 pts
The largest employer in the world is the Department of Defense.
Flag question: Question 38Question 385 pts
Racial minorities comprise approximately what percentage of people enlisted in the armed services?
Flag question: Question 39Question 395 pts
Researchers have shown the army recruits in poor communities and communities of color because these are vulnerable populations.
Flag question: Question 40Question 405 pts
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