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The emergence of no-fault divorce laws contributed to a significant rise in divorce rates.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Question 2

Define and discuss who unmarried parents are in the U.S. today?
 
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Answer to Question 1

FALSE

Answer to Question 2

The student should assert that most unmarried parents today are teenage or young adult females raising children in single-parent households. The second group are the divorced, with mostly women as the custodial parent raising their children. Other groups include the widowed, single fathers, other guardians, and gay families.



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