Define and discuss the marriage gradient and the marriage squeeze

What will be an ideal response?


The student's answer should assert that marriage gradient refers to the tendency of men to marry downward in regard to age and social class. This instance is called hypogamy. Women tend to marry upward in age, social class, and education. This is called hypergamy. The marriage squeeze refers to the fact that women tend to be squeezed out of marriage by a lack of available partners, a circumstance due in part to hypogamy.

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A Pearson's r of ­.20 has been calculated for the relationship between two variables, X and J. What can be said?

a. This is a relationship where as X increases or decreases, J goes in the opposite direction to a very small degree. b. This is a relationship where as X increases or decreases, J goes in the same direction to a very small degree. c. This is a relationship where as X increases, J also increases to a significant degree. d. This is a relationship where there is no connection at all between X and J. e. This is a relationship where X and J are related causally.

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Following divorce, women are primarily responsible for both child rearing and the economic support of children

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Which of the following differences was NOT statistically significant?

A) Dominance B) Independence C) Conformity D) Nurturance

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