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The graph shows the number of marriages and divorces in the UK between 1975 and 2000.

The graph shows the number of marriages and divorces in the UK between 1975 and 2000.
#marriages #divorces #uk
The line graph illustrates the
number
 of
marriages
 and divorces in the UK over a period of 25 years from 1975 to 2000.
Overall
,
while
 the total
number
 of
marriages
 increased,
but
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the
number
 of first
marriages
 declined between 1975 and 2000. The data for divorces rose steadily. In terms of the total
number
 of
marriages
 started at 490
thousands
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marriages
 in the UK in 1975, and
this
 data considerably grew to 640
thousands
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 in 1985. From 1985 to 1995, the figure climbed moderately from 640 to 560
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. The
number
 rose again to 570
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at the end
 of the period.
By contrast
, the figure for first
marriages
 grew from 340 to 410
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 between 1975 and 1985,
then
 the
number
 declined steadily to 310
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 in 2000.
Whereas
, the data for the second
marriages
 was about 150
thousands
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 in 1975
then
 went up to about 250
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 in 2000. The figures for divorces reached 95
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1975, it almost doubled and reached about 250
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 in 2000.
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