In North America, the relatively high incidence of expanded family households in the lower class is
A. maladaptive, since poor families should be smaller in order to cut down on expenses.
B. an important strategy used by the urban poor to adapt to poverty.
C. the result of enduring cultural ties to Europe.
D. the reason the families of lower-class urbanites are dysfunctional.
E. caused by bifurcate merging, a practice brought to the United States by Irish immigrants during the early part of the twentieth century.
Answer: B
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