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.

The two bar charts illustrate percentages and

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to explain the changes in marital status and

people

married or divorced respectively, over four decades,

since

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1970 to 2000 in America The

number

of

people

married did not change a lot between 1970 and 2000. In 1970 and the following decade the

number

of

people

who were married remained stable,

while

in 1990 and 2000 the numbers

were

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slightly decreased. In the same

period

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period,

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the

number

of

people

who were divorced in 1970 until 2000 remained stable, except a small increment of numbers in 1980. It is clear to see that the majority of adult Americans who were married couples have a higher rate because the percentage in 1970 was

of

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70%,

whereas

in 2000 one seventh lower.

However

, there were

people

who had never married in 2000 and they were and just

one third

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more in 1970. The other two

status

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statuses

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which are widowed and divorced had small percentages in the whole period studied.