People tend to gravitate to the nuclear family model when they are in the middle classes but not when they are poor, suggesting that __________

A) the nuclear family is natural and inevitable
B) the nuclear family is expensive
C) poorer people cannot successfully raise children
D) the middle classes are better educated about proper family forms


Answer: B

Sociology

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