Which of the following reflects the major effect of industrialization on the family?
a. The nuclear family becomes the basic familial unit as the extended family loses its major functions.
b. Birth rates and family size increase rapidly.
c. The family disappears.
d. A larger and larger proportion of the population marry and start families of their own.
e. Family solidarity increases and divorce and separation rates decrease.
a
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