Given the marriage universals and distinctions around the world, the definition of marriage is a
a) legally and socially recognized relationship that includes sexual, economic, and social rights and responsibilities between partners.
b) legal relationship between a man and a woman that leads to the birth of children and sexual, economic, and social stability.
c) religious commitment between two individuals that provides sexual, economic, and social responsibilities and benefits.
d) personal relationship between two or more individuals that come together to create a family structure for the purpose of a stable society.
Question 2
Based on the longitudinal Health and Retirement Study, which individual would be expected to have the most health problems?
a) Nathan, who has divorced once
b) Maria, a widow who has remarried
c) George, who has been married for 25 years
d) Jessica, who has never married
Total fertility rates (TFRs) among major regions of the world.
Example of a cladogram, or branching order, of the New World monkey Superfamily Ceboidea.
Distribution of the Ceboidea, or New World monkeys.
The “Big Four” world leaders meet at the Hotel Crillon in Paris, 1919. From left to right (front row
Power-tower in Southern California, largest such facility in the world
World Mean Sea-Level Temperatures in July