Candace Grew Up in a Middle-Class Family and Met Charles

Multiple Choice

Candace grew up in a middle-class family and met Charles in college. Charles was from a very wealthy family, and his parents did not want him to marry Candace because she was not from their social class. Eventually, they broke up and Charles married a girl from another wealthy family and Candace married someone from a middle class family. What is the term for the observation that most marriages comprise people from similar social classes?

A) homogamy
B) monogamy
C) social stratification
D) habitus