38.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. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant

The bar graphs display the cases of marriage and

divorce

from 1970 to 2000 and the marital status of individuals in the same period of time in the United States.

Overall

, marriage decreased during the

years

,

while

divorce

fluctuated. The significant feature of the

secod

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second

graph is that married people had a many times greater percentage than any other status in both

years

. In 1970, 2.5

million

of

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individuals were married and

this

was maintained in 1980, but in the next 10

years

, it dropped moderately by 0.1

million

,

while

in 2000 it

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dramatically to 2

million

. There were 1

million

cases of

divorce

in 1970, and

this

rose sharply in the next 10

years

, to 1.4

million

,

then

it went down to 1.1

million

in 1990 and in 2000 it fell back to 1

million

. Married people had the highest proportion compared to the other

status

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in both

years

, in 1970, it had a percentage of 70%,

while

in 2000 it dropped by 10%, to 60%. Followed by those who were never married, with 15% and 20% in 1970 and 2000 respectively.

Widows

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people had a similar percentage in both

years

, in 1970, it was 9% and in the next 30

years

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years,

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it decreased by 1%.

Finally

, there were very few cases of

divorce

in 1970, with only 2%,

this

grew significantly to 10% in 2000.