Which of the Following Best Describes the Changes in Household

question 5

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes the changes in household size throughout the history of the United States?

• A) Family size has shrunk dramatically from the early farming years to the current urban setting.
• B) The family in the United States today consists predominantly of small nuclear families; for the first two hundred years of U.S. history, the family was a large extended family.
• C) Households in the United States have always included grandparents, aunts, uncles, and other members of the extended family.
• D) The nuclear family seems to have long been preeminent, with household sizes shrinking only modestly over the past few centuries.

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