Which of the Following Couples Is Least Likely to Divorce

question 11

Multiple Choice

Which of the following couples is least likely to divorce within the first ten years of their marriage?

• A) Alice and Gregory who were teenage sweethearts and married when they were 22.
• B) Becky and Frank who work at the shoe factory together on the assembly line.
• C) Ruth and Chuck who, after a whirlwind romance, got married and had their first child six months later.
• D) Cathy and Tony who attend the same fundamentalist church and were married in their late 20s.

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Seymour Martin Lipset

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