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 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 bar chart illustrates the number of marriages and divorces in the USA from 1970 to 2000,
while
the second bar chart describes the American adult’s marital status between 1970 and 2000.
Overall
, the count of marriages gradually decreased over the periods whilst the divorces remained unchanged throughout the year with a slight peak in the middle.
On the other hand
, the rate of never married and divorced was comparatively higher
at the end
of the year. In 1970, the
marriages
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amount peaked at 2.5 million which
then
continued till 1980.
Then
, gradually dropped down from 2.25 to 2 volume in 1990 and 2000 respectively.
Similarly
, the number of divorces total began at 1 million in 1970, slowly rising
near
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about 1.5 numbers. Again, steadily reduced by close to 1 million between 1990 and 2000,
Thus
remaining the same
at the end
of the year. In
contrary
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, the percentage of
adult’s
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adults’
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marital status as never married 20 % and divorced 9% became the up trending in 2000 compared to 1970 at 13% and 2%, but the widowed and married scale were lowest at 60% and 5% approximately.
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