The charts below give information about USA marriage and divorce rates between 1970 and 2000, and the marital status of adult Americans in two of the years.

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The charts below give information about USA marriage and divorce rates between 1970 and 2000, and the marital status of adult Americans in two of the years.

The bar charts illustrate that the marriage and divorce rates in Unite State form 1970 to 2000 and the Americans’ marital status in 1970 and 2000.

It is clear that the number of the marriages was the highest in 1970, at the same time, the divorces were the lowest. By 1970, the married statue and divorced were largest than other items.

First chart shows that the figure for marriages was around 2.5 million, while about one million divorces were recorded in 1970. From 1970 to 2000, the number of marriages was slightly decreased, approximately 2 million in 2000. By contrast, the figure for divorces saw remained steady, was peaked in 1980.

In the 1970, the proportion of married was largest than other items, stood at 70%, whereas in 2000 fall to nearly 60%. The percentage of divorced from 3% dramatically jumped to 9% from 1970 to 2000. About 8% for widowed in 1970, it was slowly decreased to 6%. The status of never married was increased by 5% over the period of 30 years.

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