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The number of mates, selection of mates, family control, and reckoning of descent determine:

A) variations in family patterns.
B) a single family type for all cultures.
C) the two types of family found in all nations.
D) very little about families but much about geography.

E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

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The average number of children per family in the U.S. has been:

A) increasing since 1800.
B) dropping most recently.
C) very stable since 1800.
D) constant over the last four generations.

E) C) and D)
F) None of the above

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Throughout history, the family has been the primary social unit.

The ratio of divorces to marriages has not changed much since 1980.

The transition of the U.S. from an agricultural nation to a mainly urban nation has drastically changed family life.

Polygyny occurs between a man and multiple women.

Family control in the U.S. has gradually shifted toward the partnership form.

Marriage between one husband and one wife followed by a dissolution of that marriage and a subsequent marriage between the same husband or wife and another opposite-sex partner is called:

For an increasing number of families, marriage and having children are not necessarily linked.

The increase in the number of people living together did not continue after the 1970s.

The family has only two functions.

Same-sex marriages are now legal in all U.S. states.

In modern America, civil and religious authorities recognize only heterosexual marriages.

The rules governing the choice of mates are the same in all societies.

What are the four major factors that determine variations in family patterns? Give examples of each.

How have social scientists described and explained the family in the United States today? Consider gender roles, dating, sex and singles, and children.

Reasons for desiring more or fewer children:

Which one of these forms of marriage is the most common in the Western world?

Polygamy and same-sex marriages in the U.S. are rejected by all religious faiths.

Polygamy is the term for the marriage of one husband and one wife.