Author Question: Chapter 8 discusses several studies of marital satisfaction. These studies indicate that a. young ... (Read 551 times)

Starlight · **on:** Jun 21, 2018

Chapter 8 discusses several studies of marital satisfaction. These studies indicate that

a. young married couples are probably the happiest people in any age group.
b. marital satisfaction drops quickly after the newlywed period, but then levels off for the remainder of the marriage.
c. women's marital satisfaction reaches a low point when their children leave home.
d. intimacy, physical affection, and shared activities all increase over the first 20 years of marriage.

Question 2

In the United States, which of the following statements about ethnicity and marriage is correct?

a. Latina adults are significantly more likely to be divorced than Black adults.
b. At present, ethnicity is not related to marital status.
c. Latina women are somewhat more likely than European American women to be married.
d. European American women have the lowest marriage rates, probably because they are more likely than women from other ethnic groups to live with a partner, rather than be married.