What is the likelihood Hispanic couples stay married for 20 years?

• A. 60%
• B. 53%
• C. 54%
• D. 50%

Answer: (C)

Think of this as reading a long-term survival probability for marriages. When a study looks at how many Hispanic couples are still married after 20 years, the number you see at the 20-year point is the fraction of those marriages that have endured to that milestone. If the data show 0.54 at 20 years, that means about 54% of Hispanic marriages are still intact two decades after they began.

That’s why 54% is the best answer here: it directly reflects the 20-year survival probability presented by the data. It’s a mid-50s figure, indicating that roughly half to a little more than half of such marriages last to twenty years. The other values would imply a noticeably different long-term outcome than what the chart or study indicates, so they don’t fit as closely.

Keep in mind this is a population statistic, not a prediction for any specific couple. It summarizes how long marriages tend to last on average within the group, accounting for the risk of divorce over time.