The first chart illustrates the change in the number of marriages and divorces in the US over a 30-year period from 1970. The second chart compares the proportion of American adults’ different marital statuses in two years, 1970 and 2000.
Overall, there was a clear downward trend of people getting married in the US. Although a majority of adult Americans were married in both recorded years, there was a quite higher percentage of people staying single in 2000.
From 1970 to 1980, 2. 5 million marriages were registered in America; however, this number gradually decreased to 2 million by the year 2000. In contrast, the number of divorces filed was around 1 million in 1970 and then reached a peak at almost 1. 5 million a decade later. There had been since then fewer divorces and the figure fell back to 1 million in 2000, exactly 50% of that of the marriages in the same year.
The percentage of married American adults dropped from 70% in 1970 to around 60% in 2000. Similarly, there was a marginal decrease in the proportion of widowed people. The figures for never-married people and divorced ones experienced a slight rise, by around 8% for each category.
The
first
chart illustrates the
change
in the number of marriages and divorces in the US over a
30-year
period from 1970. The second chart compares the proportion of American adults’
different
marital statuses in two years, 1970 and 2000.
Overall
, there was a
clear
downward trend of
people
getting married in the US. Although a majority of adult Americans
were married
in both recorded years, there was a quite higher percentage of
people
staying single in 2000.
From 1970 to 1980, 2. 5
million
marriages
were registered
in America;
however
, this number
gradually
decreased to 2
million
by the
year
2000.
In contrast
, the number of divorces filed was around 1
million
in 1970 and then reached a peak at almost 1. 5
million
a decade later. There had been since then fewer divorces and the figure fell back to 1
million
in 2000, exactly 50% of that of the marriages in the same year.
The percentage of married American adults dropped from 70% in 1970 to around 60% in 2000.
Similarly
, there was a marginal decrease in the proportion of widowed
people
. The figures for never-married
people
and divorced ones experienced a slight rise, by around 8% for each category.
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