Is C a better ans than B ?

My explanation to why "A" is wrong and why "B" is correct is as follows:-

If you break option "A" and write it as mentioned below after removing all modifiers:-
"there are more than three times as many households as compared to households where the"

In above sentence comparison is made between "number of house holds" to "house holds". This is not logically correct.

If you break option "B" and write it as mentioned below after removing all modifiers:-
"there are more than three times as many households as there are households where the"
In above choice "B" the correct comparision is made between number of house holds. Logically/sematically correct.

I have another question for experts that can we use "as many as compared to" or using compared with this structure is redundant?

I forgot tomention that in choice "C" "Those" (a plural) is also referring to "house holds" so correct comparision is not made in that choice as well.

I will let expert comment more. Thanks

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Hi Ron,
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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 grandparent's 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

B) as there are households where the

C) as those whose

D) than compared to those where the

E) than there are whose

this problem can largely be resolved by proper parallelism.
the following two are properly idiomatic:
three times as many X as Y
there are three times as many X as there are Y

the other forms present are unidiomatic. you can't say 'three times as many ... as compared to...', because, well, you just can't. (that's what idiomatic usage is all about - no rules!) you also can't say 'three times as many ... than ...', because AS is the correct word.

based on parallelism alone, b and c are the only feasible answers. b is better because
- it has better parallelism ('households where the children and grandchildren are living...' vs. 'households where the grandparents are living...')
- the wording of choice c is strange, implying that the households themselves have grandparents ('those whose...' = 'households whose grandparents...' --> weird)