The provided charts depict data on how many people had married or divorced in the USA from 1970 to 2000 and in what degree the marital condition of grown-up Americans changes over a 30 years period.
Overall, the total amount of marriages reached the highest peak, otherwise there was an unchanged level among married adults throughout the given time.
In detail, the amount of marriages over a 10 year period from 1970 to 1980 maintained the same level, standing at 2, 5 millions. Then, this figure decreased slightly and was equal to 2, 3 and 2 millions respectively for the next 20 years. However, there was a remarkable reduction in the number of divorce rates. At the beginning this quantity made up 1 million, afterwards an upward trend was observed, accounting for 1, 8 millions in 1980. For the next 20 years this indicator constituted approximately 1 million.
The maximum percentage of married adults stood at nearly 70 %, hence this segment for never married people amounted to 20%. There was a downward trend among widowed and divorced grown ups, amounting to less than 10 %.
The provided charts depict data on how
many
people
had married or divorced in the USA from 1970 to 2000 and in what degree the marital condition of grown-up Americans
changes
over a 30 years period.
Overall
, the total amount of marriages reached the highest peak,
otherwise
there was an unchanged level among married adults throughout the
given
time.
In detail, the amount of marriages over a 10
year
period from 1970 to 1980 maintained the same level, standing at 2, 5
millions
. Then, this figure decreased
slightly
and was equal to 2, 3 and 2
millions
respectively
for the
next
20 years.
However
, there was a remarkable reduction in the number of divorce rates. At the beginning this quantity made up 1
million
, afterwards an upward trend
was observed
, accounting for 1, 8
millions
in 1980. For the
next
20 years this indicator constituted approximately 1 million.
The maximum percentage of married adults stood at
nearly
70 %,
hence
this segment for never married
people
amounted to 20%. There was a downward trend among widowed and divorced
grown ups
, amounting to less than 10 %.