The graph shows marriage, divorce, and remarriage numbers in the United Kingdom between the years 1961 and 1999. There appears to be a somewhat negative relationship between first marriage rates and the rates of divorces and remarriages. according to the data, there were just shy of 350000 first marriages in 1961. This value grew in a slightly unstable manner to peak in 1970 of 400000 before dropping to 270000 in 1978. What followed this was a period of very gradual decrease until 250000 first marriages were hit in 1991. This downward progression accelerated mildly until 1999 when first marriage numbers were roughly 200000. Divorce and remarriage, however, moved in the opposite direction. There were roughly 25000 divorces in the UK in 1961 and over the next decade, this number swelled to 125000. A period of modest, yet unstable, growth then occurred and carried on until about 1984, when a plateau of just over 150000 was reached. light variation around this value continued until 1999. Remarriage showed a similar pattern of growth accelerating from 50000 to 125000 in the years 1961 and 1971 respectively. The remaining period was marked by a relatively stable plateau of roughly 120000 remarriages per annum
The graph
shows
marriage
,
divorce
, and remarriage numbers in the United Kingdom between the years 1961 and 1999. There appears to be a somewhat
negative
relationship between
first
marriage
rates and the rates of
divorces
and remarriages.
according
to the data, there were
just
shy of 350000
first
marriages
in 1961. This value grew in a
slightly
unstable manner to peak in 1970 of 400000
before
dropping to 270000 in 1978. What followed this was a period of
very
gradual decrease until 250000
first
marriages
were hit
in 1991. This downward progression accelerated
mildly
until 1999 when
first
marriage
numbers were roughly 200000.
Divorce
and remarriage,
however
,
moved
in the opposite direction. There were roughly 25000
divorces
in the UK in 1961 and over the
next
decade, this number swelled to 125000. A period of modest,
yet
unstable, growth then occurred and carried on until about 1984, when a plateau of
just
over 150000
was reached
.
light
variation around this value continued until 1999. Remarriage
showed
a similar pattern of growth accelerating from 50000 to 125000 in the years 1961 and 1971
respectively
. The remaining period
was marked
by a
relatively
stable plateau of roughly 120000 remarriages per
annum