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11)What does “home economics” refer to? A)A form of education that many viewed as preparation for social reform. B)The cost and benefit analysis of domestic work by economists. C)The budget and finance management of lone female headed households. D)The economics of homecare for the elderly. E)The financial cost of the gendered division of labour. 12)According to Fox (2001), what led women to assume responsibility for cleaning as part of their identity? A)The feminist movement of the 1960s. B)Concerns about the home being too dirty for young children. C)The proliferation of time saving labour technologies. D)Marketing strategies of large manufacturers of cleaning products. E)The industrial revolution. 13)In 1995, the United Nations estimated that the annual value of unpaid housework carried out by women around the world would be: A)$148 million. B)$572 million. C)$11 billion. D)$319 billion. E)$11 trillion. 14)_____________ was the first country in the world to include questions on unpaid work on its national census. A)Canada B)The United States C)Sweden D)Finland E)The Netherlands 15)Questions about unpaid work were first included in the Census of Canada in A) 1916. B) 1936. C) 1968. D) 1982. E) 1996 16)Wives consistently perform approximately ______________ housework as husbands. A)half as much B)the same amount of C)twice as much D)four times as much E)ten times as much 17)Which one of the following information pieces pertaining to unpaid work was asked in the 1996 Census of Canada? A)Respondents were asked to report the number of hours spent doing unpaid housework done in the previous week. B)Respondents were asked to report the number of hours spent on unpaid child care done in the previous week. C)Respondents were asked to report on the number of hours spend on unpaid care or help to seniors done in the previous week. D)Respondents were invited to identify periods when they were carrying more than one of the above activities at the same time. E)All of the above information pieces were asked in the 1996 Census of Canada. 18)Which one of the following arguments was use against government provision of income supports or compensation for the costs of raising children? A)It is a big financial burden on governments to provide such tax breaks to women. B)It is too costly to fund and too complex to administer in a country as large as Canada. C)It would not do anything to change the existing division of labour and women would still do most of the housework. D)It is unfair to provide tax breaks for women and children and have nothing comparable for men. E)It increases women’s dependency on social assistance and government support for child care. 19)Which factor by and large determines who does what on the home front? A)Seniority. B)Biological factors. C)Tradition. D)Power relations. E)The media. 20)In Sweden, ____________ has resulted in high female workforce participation. A)immigration from North America B)promotion of fathers’ involvement in child care C)matriarchal culture D)the high unemployment rate E)government coercion