Popular events like football world cup and other international sporting occassions are essential in easing international tensions and releasing patriotic emotions in a safe way. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

The

first

given chart shows the number of marriages and divorces in the USA between 1970  and 2000, while the

second

one illustrates the proportion of American adults' marital

status

in 1970 and 2000. While the

figure

for marriages decreased, the

figure

for divorces fluctuated in that period. It is clear that the proportion of the mature American marital

status

,

such

as never married, married, widowed, and divorced, changed clearly in 1970 and 2000. According to the

first

bar graph, the

figure

for marriages was the highest in 1970 and 1980, at 2,5

million

, and

then

it declined obviously to 2

million

in 2000. Whereas the

figure

for divorces was the lowest in 1970, at 1

million

, it peaked at nearly 1,5

million

, but

then

decreased again to 1

million

in 2000. Following the

second

graph, the proportion of married

status

was the greatest percentage in comparison with other statuses, at 70% in 1970, and

then

it decreased to 60% in 2000. The

figure

for never married

status

increased from around 15% to 20% between 1970 and 2000, while the

figure

for divorced increased from 1% to 10%. The

figure

for widowed decreased from 8% to 7% in that period.