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Today, the poor aren’t just more likely to get divorced. They’re more likely

游客2024-03-07  34
问题     Today, the poor aren’t just more likely to get divorced. They’re more likely to avoid marriage entirely.
    Earlier today, my colleague Derek Thompson argued that; it’s misleading to think of marriage as a "luxury good". Why? Because luxury goods are something the rich buy and the poor can’t afford. But in the case of marriage the trend is more complex. The vast majority of Americans tie the knot at some point in their lives, he argues. It’s just that those without a college education are far, far more likely to get divorced. Marriage is for everyone; failed marriages are for the poor.
    Bleak stuff. But it’s getting bleaker.
    Derek’s post is based on a long-term study of young Baby Boomers, who were at least 46 years old by 2010. But among younger Americans, marriage really is looking more and more like something you ’d have to buy at Tiffany’s. According to 2012 Census Bureau report, which shows the percentage of men who have never married by age and income, the less a guy earns nowadays, the less likely they are to have ever gotten married.
    Well, that’s not 100 percent true. Among twenty-somethings there seems to be a rich bachelor effect going on (or an overworked young professional effect, if you prefer). Those making $75,000 or more are somewhat less likely to have been married than those making between $40,000 and $75,000.
    This particular set of Census data unfortunately tells us much less about women and marriage. The problem: Stay-at-home moms.
    The key to remember, though, is that many educated, high-earning women, the sorts who are likely to meet and marry educated and high-earning men, leave the workforce or go part time once they have children. So a publicist who once made over $70,000 a year might only earn $20,000 if she decided to work fewer hours while caring for her children at home.
    Here’s why this trend—not just the move towards divorce like Derek talked about, but the move from nuptials (婚礼) entirely—is so gloomy. Getting married, and staying married, is one of the surest ways of securing a middle class life. By choosing not to wed in the first place, the poor are abandoning that chance at stability. [br] Why is it not 100％ true about the 2012 Census Bureau report’s finding?
选项 A、Because marriage is for everyone, even poor people.
B、Because the finding doesn’t apply to 20-somethings rich bachelors.
C、Because the richer men are, the more likely they are to get married.
D、Because marriage is something you can only buy at a Tiffany’s store.
答案 B
解析 细节题。根据题干中的not 100％true可定位到原文第四段第一句。该句提到，这并不是百分之百正确。这里的“这”指的就是2012 Census Bureau report。紧接着作者解释，在20多岁的人中间似乎存在一种单身富裕男士效应，即在这些人中，其收入越高，结婚率越低。由此可知，B选项正确，故选B。
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