Which of the following is one of the reasons offered in the text for the slight decline in remarriage rates?

a. Many divorced persons who would have remarried in the past are now cohabiting in stepfamilies
b. The divorce rate has decreased dramatically.
c. Economic constraints and uncertainties have discouraged divorced women, but not men.
d. Marriage has clearly lost some of its popularity.


Ans: a. Many divorced persons who would have remarried in the past are now cohabiting in stepfamilies

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