What Does NOT Account for the Trend Toward Later Marriages

question 65

Multiple Choice

What does NOT account for the trend toward later marriages in the last several decades?

• A)increases in cohabitation
• B)increases in post-secondary school enrollment
• C)increased participation of women in the labor force
• D)a decrease in the numbers of marriageable men because of economic deterioration
• E)the resurgence of social conservatism

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