Although the nuclear family remains a cultural ideal for many Americans, nuclear families accounted for barely 20 percent of American households in 2015. In fact, other domestic arrangements outnumber the traditional U.S. household five to one. All of the following are among the reasons for this trend EXCEPT that
A. women are increasingly joining men in the workforce.
B. job demands compete with romantic attachments.
C. divorce rates have risen.
D. it is increasingly economically feasible for women to delay marriage and yet live away from their family of orientation.
E. contrary to expectations, the importance of kinship is growing in contemporary nations.
Question 2
In North America, the relatively high incidence of expanded family households in the lower class is
A. the reason the families of lower-class urbanites are dysfunctional.
B. an important strategy used by the urban poor to adapt to poverty.
C. maladaptive, since poor families should be smaller in order to cut down on expenses.
D. caused by bifurcate merging, a practice brought to the United States by Irish immigrants during the early part of the 20th century.
E. the result of enduring cultural ties to Europe.
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