Variations in Family Life

Same-sex couple households account for _____ percent of U.S. households. a) 1 b) 10 c) 15 d) 30

1%

extended family

a household that includes at least one parent and child as well as other relatives like grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins

According to the study cited by the U.S. Census Bureau, children who live with married parents grow up with more advantages than children who live with: a) a divorced parent b) a single parent c) a grandparent d) all of the above

a single parent

The median age of first marriage has ______ in the last fifty years. a) increased for men but not women b) decreased for men but not women c) increased for both men and women d) decreased for both men and women

increased for both men and women

Couples who cohabitate before marriage are ______ couples who did not cohabitate before marriage to be married at least ten years. a) far more likely than b) far less likely than c) slightly less likely than d) equally as likely as

slightly less likely

The majority of U.S. children live in: a) two-parent households b) one-parent households c) no-parent households d) multigenerational households

two parent household

nuclear family

two parents (traditional) and children living in the same household