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Activity 3.10: True/False: American Families Today

Identify each statement as either true or false.

1 .       Men and women marry later today than they did in the fifties. 

 
 


2 .       Almost one half of children live with a single mother. 

 
 


3 .       One fourth of people that marry later divorce and remarry. 

 
 


4 .       Families of color have higher birthrates than white families. 

 
 


5 .       Children of families with high income are less likely to care for themselves after school than children from low income families. 

 
 


6 .       About 14 percent of the homeless population is comprised of families with children. 

 
 


7 .       Women are more likely than men to be murdered by someone they know intimately. 

 
 


8 .       Of the number of children under 12 who are murdered every year, the majority are killed by parents or caregivers. 

 
 






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