Each of the Following Has Risen Since 1950 EXCEPT ______

question 38

Multiple Choice

Each of the following has risen since 1950 EXCEPT ______.

• A) average age of first marriage
• B) percentage of children living in single-parent households
• C) percentage of household where men are the primary breadwinners
• D) percentage of households where women are the sole providers

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Definitions:

Standard Deviation

A statistic that measures the dispersion of a dataset relative to its mean and is used in finance to gauge the amount of historical volatility of an investment.

Risk-Free Asset

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Risky Asset

An investment that has a significant degree of uncertainty in its returns.

Asset Allocation

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