The bar graph illustrates data on
rates
of marriages and divorces in the United States from 1970 to 2000 and the general marital status of the Use synonyms
population
in the same time frame. Use synonyms
Overall
, the marriage Linking Words
rates
have come down over the years Use synonyms
while
the divorce Linking Words
rates
seem to have increased.
The rate of weddings in 1970 was 2.5 million, which fell slowly over the decades and reached a rate of 2 million by the year 2000. The trend with divorce Use synonyms
rates
was a little different, though significantly lower than weddings. They Use synonyms
initially
increased, reaching a peak in the 80s, from which point they continued to decrease by 2000.
A major chunk of the grown-up Linking Words
population
seems to be married, with 70% of the Use synonyms
population
contributing to the statistic in 1970, which is 10 percentage points higher than in 2000. Use synonyms
However
, the separation Linking Words
rates
seem to be on the higher side in 2000 as compared to 1970, with the numbers being 10% and 1% respectively. About 1 in 5 people were never married in 2000, a statistic higher than in 1970 when 1 in 10 people were unmarried. Widowed Use synonyms
rates
stayed approximately the same.
In conclusion, over the 30-year period, marriages seemed to have prevailed and even though the divorcees have increased over the years, they still didn’t make up most of the Use synonyms
population
.Use synonyms