A recent United States Census Bureau report shows that there are more

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A recent United States Census Bureau report shows that there are more than three times as many households where the children and grandchildren are living in their grandparents' home as compared to households where the grandparents are living in their children's or grandchildren's home.

=> B is correct (as ... there are)

(A) as compared to households where the
(B) as there are households where the
(C) as those whose
(D) than compared to those where the
(E) than there are whose

blueseas · Accepted Answer

compared to/with  ..together with  better/more/less..than  is always wrong...because it adds to redundancy...
so on basis this you can easily eliminate option A and D
 
 A recent United States Census Bureau report shows that there are  more than  three times as many households where the children and grandchildren are living in their grandparents' home  as  compared to  households where the  grandparents are living in their children's or grandchildren's
 
(A) as  compared to  households where the==>As explained above
(B) as there are households where the
(C) as  those  whose==>those is referring to children as per the meaning and hence incorrect comparison between households and children.
(D) than  compared to  those where the==>As explained above
(E)  than  there are whose==>as many ..than is incorrect

hope this helps

sayantanc2k · Answer

The correct answer is B. First consider a simple example to understand why the parallelism is properly maintained in B:

I have  three times as many pens as  you have (pens) .

The blue-highlighted and the pink-highlighted parts are correctly compared.

Now take option E:

there are  (more than) three times as many households  where the children and grandchildren are living in their grandparents’ home  as  there are  (households)  where the..

You may now probably understand how the above two structures are identical.

Heman105 · Answer

A recent United States Census Bureau report shows that there are more than three times as many households where the children and grandchildren are living in their grandparents' home as compared to households where the grandparents are living in their children's or grandchildren's home.

=> B is correct (as ... there are)

Remember:
1) Correct Idioms is :  as X ... as Y ... 
2) "compared to" can NEVER be used together with another comparison word (more, less, twice, half, three times...).

Here we have "three times as many as...", so we CANNOT include "compared to", because we're then saying the same thing twice - REDUNDANCY.

(A) as compared to households where the  --> Wrong: wrong usage of "compared to" - as explained above redundant

(B) as there are households where the  -->correct meaning and comparison:  as  many households where  as  there are households where

(C) as those whose  -->Wrong meaning:  as  many household where  as  those (households) whose grandparents
If you say "households whose", the households have grandparents. If you say "households where", then the households are merely the place in which the living arrangements exist.

(D) than compared to those where the  --> i) Wrong idiom:  as  many household  than  compared ii) wrong usage of "compared to"

(E) than there are whose  -->Wrong idiom:  as  many household  than

Skywalker18 · Answer

A recent United States Census Bureau report shows that there are more than three times as many households where the children and grandchildren are living in their grandparents' home as compared to households where the grandparents are living in their children's or grandchildren's home.

=> B is correct (as ... there are)

(A) as compared to households where the -- redundancy - "compared to" can NEVER be used together with another comparison word (more, less, twice, half, three times...).
(B) as there are households where the - Correct
(C) as those whose -- The word "those" is a pronoun, and needs an antecedent. The structure of this comparison dictates that the antecedent for "those" be "households"... and then you follow that pronoun with the possessive "whose". So, do the households have grandparents?

Or is the sentence merely comparing households where the living arrangements are different?

If you say "households whose", the households have grandparents. If you say "households where", then the households are merely the place in which the living arrangements exist.

(D) than compared to those where the - idiom issue - as many ... as
(E) than there are whose - idiom issue - as many ... as

Option B -->
The second "there are..." isn't strictly necessary. Without it, you'd have a sentence with the same structure as "In most countries, there are as many men as women."

Its primary value lies in making the sentence easier to read.
This is not an issue of right and wrong"”it's a style issue"”and so it will never be dispositive in a real problem. Still, you should know it's a thing.
Try writing out the entire sentence without the second "there are".

The same principle is at work behind the inclusion of many other technically unnecessary things, e.g., the use of Just as xxxxx, so yyyy rather than just "Just as xxxxx, yyyy".

Answer B

CrackverbalGMAT · Answer

A recent United States Census Bureau report shows that there are more than three times as many households where the children and grandchildren are living in their grandparents' home as compared to households where the grandparents are living in their children's or grandchildren's home.

=> B is correct (as ... there are)

(A) as compared to households where the  "there are as many X as  compared to  Y" is incorrect - the correct idiomatic usage is "as many X as Y". Eliminate.

(B) as there are households where the  Correct answer - error in (A) is corrected and no new errors are introduced.

(C) as those whose "those" refers to households.  Hence, "those whose grandparents" is incorrect since households cannot have grandparents. Eliminate.

(D) than compared to those where the  "as many X..." must be followed by "as", not "than". Eliminate.

(E) than there are whose  Same error as in (D). Eliminate.

Hope this helps.

huongguyen · Answer

A recent United States Census Bureau report shows that there are more than three times as many households where the children and grandchildren are living in their grandparents' home as compared to households where the grandparents are living in their children's or grandchildren's home.

=> B is correct (as ... there are)

=> B is correct (as ... there are)

TarunKumar1234 · Answer

A recent United States Census Bureau report shows that there are more than three times as many households where the children and grandchildren are living in their grandparents' home as compared to households where the grandparents are living in their children's or grandchildren's home.

(A) as compared to households where the "there are as many X as compared to Y" is incorrect - the correct idiomatic usage is "as many X as Y". Eliminate.

(B) as there are households where the Correct answer - error in (A) is corrected and no new errors are introduced.

(C) as those whose "those" refers to households. Hence, "those whose grandparents" is incorrect since households cannot have grandparents. Eliminate.

(D) than compared to those where the "as many X..." must be followed by "as", not "than". Eliminate.

(E) than there are whose Same error as in (D). Eliminate.

Hope this helps.

romasharma1998 · Answer

A recent United States Census Bureau report shows that there are more than three times as many households where the children and grandchildren are living in their grandparents' home as compared to households where the grandparents are living in their children's or grandchildren's home.

=> B is correct (as ... there are)

sine we are comparing the diffreneces in households in terms of children or grandchildren living in grandparents house compared to households where grandparents live at children or grandchildren house , eliminate C ,D,E as in gmat it clearer to use the actually referent households rather than pronouns and eliminate A for parallelism error

answer b

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