Marriages_and_Families_Changes_Choices_and_Constraints_7th_Edition_by_Benokraitis

Marriages_and_Families_Changes_Choices_and_Constraints_7th_Edition_by_Benokraitis 1. Which of the following statements is true? a. Today, a majority of all persons aged 25 to 34 years have never been married. b. The median age at which people marry today is higher than at any time during the 20th century. c. On average, first marriages that end in divorce last 20 years. d. The ―traditional‖ family (where the husband is the breadwinner and the wife is a full-time mother) became more common between 1972 and 2007. 2. Two generations ago the typical American family consisted of a. grandparents, parents, and children living in a single household. b. a single mother living with her children. c. a father, mother, and three or four children. d. a married couple who did not yet have children. 3. A marriage in which the couple must follow procedures specified by the state or other jurisdiction, such as buying a license, is called a a. ceremonial marriage. b. common-law marriage. c. legal marriage. d. licensed marriage. 4. Maria’s family is Catholic and insists that Maria marry a man who is also from a Catholic family. This practice of marrying within a certain group is called a. exogamy. b. incest. c. bigamy. d. endogamy. 5. The family into which