The graphs below show the number of marriages and divorces in the USA between 1970 and 2000. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant

The charts give information about the marriage and divorce proportion in America over the period of 30 years, starting in 2000. In general, the total

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of married couples experienced a downward trend,

whereas

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the proportion of divorced people fluctuated over the period shown. It can be clearly seen that the

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of marriages started at 2.5

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in 1970 and remained stable at

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figure until 1980. At

this

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point, there was a slight decrease in the total

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of couples who decided to marry each other in America between 1980 to 2000, from 2.5

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to 2

million

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.

On the other hand

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, the trend for the statistic of divorces is quite different with marriages.

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, the

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of divorces increased to 1

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before reaching the highest point in 1980, at nearly 1.5

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.

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, the figure decreased gradually to nearly 1

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and finished at 1

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in 2000.