Evidence shows that children, especially when they are young, tend to have which of the following influences on marriage?
a. disruption b. dissolution
c. stabilization d. altercation
Ques. 2About _____ percent of all children (5.3 million) are living in a married stepfamily with one biological parent and one stepparent.
a. 10
b. 25
c. 40
d. 60
Ques. 3Janet is employed as an executive within a major corporation. When she decided to have a child, she stepped down from this position, thus giving up a six-figure income. Janet's situation illustrates which of the following costs?
a. opportunity b. direct
c. indirect d. residual
Ques. 4Which of the following is one of the reasons offered in the text for the slight decline in remarriage rates?
a. Many divorced persons who would have remarried in the past are now cohabiting in stepfamilies.
b. The divorce rate has decreased dramatically.
c. Economic constraints and uncertainties have discouraged divorced women, but not men.
d. Marriage has clearly lost some of its popularity.
Ques. 5In 2013, the average cost of raising a child to age 18 is estimated at ________ for middle-income families.
a. 35,000
b. 95,000
c. 175,000
d. 245,000
Ques. 6Historically, well into the twentieth century, almost all stepfamilies were formed after
a. divorce. b. legal separation.
c. the death of a spouse. d. cohabitation.
Ques. 7The most obvious costs associated with having children are
a. financial. b. emotional.
c. educational. d. spiritual.
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