In 2011, the Federal Government Decided It Would No Longer

question 138

Multiple Choice

In 2011, the federal government decided it would no longer calculate and publish annual marriage and divorce rates. What is the rationale behind this decision?

• A) Rather than getting married, more couples were opting to live together.
• B) Due to the increasing numbers of marriages and divorces, it became too laborious to track the data.
• C) Canadians objected to their personal lives being tracked by government officials.
• D) Researchers no longer required the data.

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