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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. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

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. 0AWXG

The first bar chart shows changes in the number of marriages and divorces in the USA, and the second chart shows figures for the marital status of American adults in 1970 and 2000. It is clear that there was a fall in the number of marriages in the USA between 1970 and 2000. The majority of adult Americans were married in both years, but the proportion of single adults was higher in 2000. In 1970, there were 2. 5 million marriages in the USA and 1 million divorces. The marriage rate remained stable in 1980, but fell to 2 million by the year 2000. In contrast, the divorce rate peaked in 1980, at nearly 1. 5 million divorces, before falling back to 1 million at the end of the period. Around 70% of American adults were married in 1970, but this figure dropped to just under 60% by 2000. At the same time, the proportion of unmarried people and divorcees rose by about 10% in total. The proportion of widowed Americans was slightly lower in 2000.

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 in the number of marriages and divorces in the USA,

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shows
 figures for the marital status of American You use this word too often, consider replacing it withpersonwomanman
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 in 1970 and

2000.

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clear
 that there was a fall in the number of marriages in the USA between 1970 and

2000. The majority of adult Americans were married
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but
 the proportion of

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adults
 was higher in 2000.

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million
 marriages in the USA and 1 You use this word too often, consider replacing it withthousandtrillionmuchlottotalsum
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 divorces. The marriage

rate remained stable in 1980, This phrase/word is too simple and can be replaced with:on the contrary
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 fell to 2 You use this word too often, consider replacing it withthousandtrillionmuchlottotalsum
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 by the year 2000. In contrast
, the divorce

rate peaked in 1980, at nearly
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 divorces, This phrase/word is too simple and can be replaced with:previouslyprior to
before
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 of the period.

Around 70% of American You use this word too often, consider replacing it withpersonwomanman
adults
were married
 in 1970, This phrase/word is too simple and can be replaced with:on the contrary
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60% by 2000. At the same time, the proportion of unmarried This phrase/word (depending on the context) can be potentially replaced with :individualsnationsociety
people
 and divorcees rose by

about 10% in total. The proportion of widowed Americans was slightly
 lower in 2000. 