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����Reading Aloud������. For all the changes in fertility and mortality that Americans have experienced from thecolonial period until today�� there has been surprisingly little change in the structure of thefamily until the past quarter century. Until that point�� the age of marriage changed from timeto time�� but only a minority of women never married and births outside marriage weretraditionally less than 10 percent of all births.����But this fundamental social institution has changed profoundly since 1980. In fact�� if onewere to define the most original demographic feature in the post-1980 period in the UnitedStates�� it would be the changes that were occurring in both families and households for allsections of the national population. The traditional American family has been undergoingprofound transformations for all ages�� all races�� and all ethnic groups. Every aspect of theAmerican family is experiencing change. These include the number of adults who marry�� thenumber of households that are formed by married people�� the number of children that areconceived�� the economic role of mothers�� the number of non-family households�� and even theimlortance of marriage in accounting for total births.����Comprehension of the Text������. Decide whether each of the statements below is true or false according to the text.����Write the letter T or F before each statement.����1.__The traditional American family has been undergoing profoundtransformations for all ages�� all races�� and all ethnic groups.����2.__By 2000�� 22 percent of adult white women and 42 percent of adult blackwomen had never married.��������