Explain why the movement toward peer marriages has been accompanied by another development: the growing gap between rich and poor families in the United States

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1. Husbands and wives have moved closer together on measures of education and income, which means that the divide between well-educated, high-earning couples, and their less-privileged counterparts has grown.
2. We are achieving more egalitarian marriages at a cost of a less egalitarian society.

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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