Theory A predicts that the higher the opportunity cost of having a child,the fewer children a woman will have.Which of the following is evidence against the theory if opportunity cost is measured in terms of foregone salary?
A) women with high-paying jobs have more children than women with low-paying jobs.
B) women with low-paying jobs have more children than women with high-paying jobs.
C) men married to women with high-paying jobs want more children than men married to women with low-paying jobs.
D) the mothers of women with high-paying jobs will want their daughters to have children more than the mothers of women with low-paying jobs will want their daughters to have children.
E) none of the above

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Choice A is evidence against the theory because it contradicts the prediction that higher opportunity costs (in terms of foregone salary) lead to fewer children. If women with high-paying jobs (and thus higher opportunity costs) have more children, it goes against the theory's prediction.

Theory a Predicts That the Higher the Opportunity Cost of Having