What Was the Result of a 2010 Survey Conducted by MacIntosh

question 72

Multiple Choice

What was the result of a 2010 survey conducted by MacIntosh, Reissing, and Andruff, who interviewed married same-sex couples five years after their marriages were made legal?

• A) The couples reported higher marital satisfaction that different-sex couples married for the same amount of time.
• B) The couples reported lower marital satisfaction than was reported for opposite-sex married couples married for the same amount of time.
• C) The divorce rate for same-sex couples was the same as the divorce rate for opposite-sex couples, although for couples still married, marital satisfaction was the same.
• D) The couples reported almost identical positive and negative aspects to marriage as opposite-sex married couples married for the same amount of time.

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