Assortative Mating Results in

question 169

Multiple Choice

Assortative mating results in

• A) many people being able to marry their way out of poverty.
• B) wealth becoming more concentrated among families.
• C) the Lorenz curve moving rightward closer to the line of equality.
• D) people marrying at a later age.

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