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Family and Social Trends - B1 Listening

Changes in the family - B1 Listening

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Family and Social Trends Quiz

1. What is changing in the US?

a) Family structures

b) Family life

c) Social media

d) Eating habits

2. What did surveys expect to find regarding family relationships?

a) Improvement

b) Suffering

c) Stability

d) No change

3. What percentage of young adults under 25 still live at home with their parents?

a) 22%

b) 32%

c) 42%

d) 52%

4. What percentage of adults 30 to 34 still live at home with their parents?

a) 5%

b) 10%

c) 15%

d) 20%

5. What percentage of families eat together every day?

a) 33%

b) 43%

c) 53%

d) 63%

6. What percentage of families have the TV on during dinner?

a) 23%

b) 33%

c) 43%

d) 53%

7. What do many people think a new baby brings to a family?

a) Stress

b) Happiness

c) Change

d) Responsibility

8. What percentage of adults are happy and enjoy their lives without a lot of stress?

a) 39%

b) 49%

c) 59%

d) 69%

9. What percentage of adults are not happy and have a lot of stress?

a) 1%

b) 11%

c) 21%

d) 31%

10. What percentage of teens feel close to their family?

a) 50%

b) 60%

c) 70%

d) 80%

11. What percentage of teens want to spend more time with their parents?

a) 57%

b) 67%

c) 77%

d) 87%

12. What percentage of parents stay connected with their children on social networks?

a) 65%

b) 75%

c) 85%

d) 95%

13. What percentage of parents worry about what their kids post on social networks?

a) 30%

b) 40%

c) 50%

d) 60%

14. What percentage of elderly women live with their relatives?

a) 7%

b) 17%

c) 27%

d) 37%

15. Who stays connected with children on social media?

a) Friends

c) Parents

b) Teachers

d) Siblings

Family life is changing in the US, but not in the way we might
think. The results of several different US surveys expected to
find that family relationships were suffering because of the
decline in traditional family structures.
However, some of the results were very surprising …
32% of young adults under 25 and 10% of adults 30-34 still live
at home with their parents.
43% of families eat together every day.
33% say they have the TV on during dinner.
50% think a new baby in the family brings more happiness.
49% of adults are happy and enjoy their lives without a lot of
stress.
11 % of adults are not happy and have a lot of stress or worry
in their lives.
60% of teens feet close to their family.
67% of teens want to spend more time with their parents.
75% of parents stay connected with their children on social
networks.
40% of parents worry about what their kids post on social
networks.
17% of elderly women live with a relative such as a daughter,
daughter-in-law, or grandchild.