Question

1. Based on social trends and research, socologists predict which of the follwoing about the future of family and marriage?

a. Marriage will continue becuase it is nonfunctional.
b. Cohabitation (without marriage) will not uncrease.
c. Families will struggle with the responsibilities of childcare and caring for aging parents.
d. Women will not continue to gain social power.

Answer 1

c. Families will struggle with the responsibilities of childcare and caring for aging parents. The costs to raise children are rising, and parents are living much longer. These financial burdens will increasingly strain families in the future.