Exam 10: Divorce,Remarriage,and Blended Families

Engaged couples who live together prior to marriage are ________ likely to divorce,compared to nonengaged couples who cohabit.

________ women are most likely to remarry after divorce.

________ women are LEAST likely to remarry after divorce.

The most commonly used divorce rate statistic,which compares the number of divorces to the number of new marriages in a given year,is ________.

The legal term that indicates a marriage was NEVER legally binding is:

Which of these is NOT a potential factor affecting children's reaction to divorce,as discussed in the text?

Summarize the outcome of women working on their likelihood to file for divorce.

This generation has the highest divorce rate on record:

According to the text,people who marry today have a ________ percent chance of getting divorced.

Since the 1980s,divorce rates have ________.

Which of the following measures tells how many divorces there are in the United States,relative to the total size of the population?

Those who marry at 20 are about ________ times more likely to divorce than those who wait until 25.

The income effect has been noted to:

Explain why relationship dissolution may be a relevant term or process even when a couple was not legally married.