No state in the United States:
a. distinguishes common law marriage from legal marriage.
b. recognizes new common law marriages except through grandfathering in pre-existing unions.
c. recognizes same-sex common law marriage.
d. considers the amount of time a couple has been together significant to common law marriage.
Ques. 2Common law marriage:
a. is recognized in all states.
b. is not recognized by most states.
c. began in the 1970s.
d. allows couples to break up without divorcing.
Ques. 3Couples who cohabit before remarrying tend to:
a. be happier than those who do not cohabit before remarriage.
b. be less happy than those who do not cohabit before remarriage.
c. be no different with respect to happiness from those who do not cohabit before remarriage.
d. have a lower divorce rate than those who do not cohabit before remarriage.
Ques. 4Roughly ______ of those who remarry after a divorce cohabit before formally remarrying.
a. 25
b. 50
c. 33
d. 75
Ques. 5Cohabitation is:
a. more of a substitute for marriage than a trial marriage for African Americans.
b. not tolerated at all among the Hispanic population.
c. the most common partnership in which White children are born.
d. much more approved among African Americans than Whites.
Ques. 6Regarding finances, cohabiting women generally have:
a. a more precarious economic situation than men.
b. more economic opportunities and success than men.
c. about the same economic situation as men.
d. have a dramatic rise in their economic status after dissolving cohabitation relationships.
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