The Text Offers Several Reasons for the Lower Overall Stability

question 23

Multiple Choice

The text offers several reasons for the lower overall stability of remarriages. Which of the following is NOT one of these?

• A) People who divorce in the first place are disproportionately from lower middle- and lower-class groups, which generally have higher divorce rates.
• B) People who remarry after divorce are, as a group, more accepting of divorce and may have already demonstrated that they are willing to choose divorce as a way of resolving an unsatisfactory marriage.
• C) Remarrieds receive more social support from their families of origin and are generally more integrated with parents and in-laws.
• D) Remarriages present special stresses on couples, such as the presence of stepchildren.

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