___________ The social dissolution of marriage that occurs when one spouse leaves the other or simply walks away from the marriage for a prolonged period
What will be an ideal response?
desertion
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Data patterns (say a positive association between X and Y) that are likely to have occurred by chance alone are deemed statistically significant
a. true b. false
In 2003, the United States Congress passed the Personal Responsibility, Work, and Family Promotion Act, which was designed to
(a) prevent divorce. (b) provide minorities with work opportunities. (c) promote and support healthy marriages and families through a variety of provisions, such as the initiation of family self-sufficiency plans. (d) grant parental leave.
In terms of education in the United States, recent data finds that: a. girls excel in standardized reading and writing tests
b. boys earn more bachelor degrees. c. girls receive more attention in the classroom. d. girls are less liberal in their views both before and after having attended college.
When couples share a home and a bed without being legally married, they are practicing:
a. a family household b. a nonfamily household c. cohabitation d. companionate marriage