The charts below give information about USA marriage and divorce rates between 1970 and 2000. and the martial status of adult Americans in two of the years

The first

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shows the

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of marriages and divorces by US citizens between 1970 and 2000 in millions. The second

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chart

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illustrates the marital situation of adult Americans in 1970 and 2000 in

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.

It is clear that

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in the past, the

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of marriages was more than these days, but it was not significant.

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, a smaller

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of American adults were unmarried in the past. Looking at the

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of the marriage and divorce

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, 2.5

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individuals were married in 1970, and the

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of marriages fell to 2

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in 2000. The

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for divorce experienced a fluctuation in the period shown.

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1

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USA citizens divorced in 1970, the

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reached close to 1.5

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in 1980, but it decreased to 1

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in 2000.

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the second

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, it is obvious that the

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of unmarried and divorced people increased,

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the

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of married and widowed citizens experienced a slight decrease. The

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of unmarried individuals in 2000 was 20%, and in 1970 was just below half of

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amount.

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the

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for married grown-ups fell from 70% to 60%, the

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for divorced people increased from 2% in 1970 to approximately 9% in 2000.

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, in 1970, close to 8% of the USA adults were widows.

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, the

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experienced a negligible decrease and became 5% in 2000.