The charts below give information about USA marriage and divorce rates between 1970 and 2000. andthe martial status of adult Americans in two of the years
The bar chart depicts marriage and
divorce
rates
in the USA for the years 1970, 1980, 1990 and 2000. This
is accompanied by an
another bar chart illustrating Remove the article
apply
percentage
of American Add an article
the percentage
adults
who were married, never married, widowed and divorced in the years 1970 and 2000.
As it
can be seen from the bar chart, in the year 1970 there were 2.5 Correct pronoun usage
apply
million
marriages and 1 million
divorced people
in the USA. In the next decade, total
number of married Change the article
a total
the total
people
remained the same as in the previous decade, however
, the divorce
rates
were
increased by 0.4 Unnecessary verb
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million
compared to 1970. In the year 1990, marriages decreased in number by 0.25 million
in comparison to last
two consecutive decades, Correct article usage
the last
likewise
, divorce
rates
also
dropped down to just above 1 million
as compared to 1.4 millions
in 1980. In 2000, there were 2 Change to singular
million
million
married and 1 million
divorced people
in the USA
In 1970, 70% of adults
were married, 12% of the total adults
, never
married and 5% of widowed Add a missing verb
were never
adults
were present and very
negligible Add an article
a very
percentage
of adults
were divorced. On the other hand
in 2000, married
population dipped by 10% Add an article
the married
in addition
, 20% of adults
never married and nearly 20% of divorced in 2000 as compared to the year 1970.
Overall
, percentage
of married Correct article usage
the percentage
people
decreased since 1970 and percentage
of unmarried increased by the 20th century. Correct article usage
the percentage
However
, divorce
rates
remained fairly stable for the period in question.Submitted by amir1375.6 on
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