Bianca is reviewing the research literature on marriage and health and learns that marriage is predictive of better health outcomes on a wide range of health measures.The possibility that healthier people are more likely to get married and stay married would illustrate the important potential for ________ in this area of study.
A)an inverse association between the two variables
B)reverse causality between the two variables
C)lagged independent variables over time
D)exogenous variation in the dependent variable

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The possibility that healthier people are more likely to get married and stay married would illustrate reverse causality between the two variables i.e. marriage may not necessarily lead to better health, but better health may contribute to people getting married and staying married.

Bianca Is Reviewing the Research Literature on Marriage and Health