The supplied first bar chart illustrates the number of marriage and divorce rates in the USA, whereas second chart depicts marital status of aged people in America between 1970 and 2000.
From an overall perspective, it is evident that the rate of marriage was most prestigious among period, while divorces remained relatively unchanged. In both 1970 and 2000, a significantly higher percentage of adults were married than otherwise.
There were 2.5 million marriages in 1970 and 2000. However, this dropped to 2 million in 2000. The number of divorces, in comparison, hovered between 1 and 1.5 million.
In the both 1970 and 2000, most adult were married. They accounted for 70% of adult American in 1970, although this proportion declined to just under 60% in 2000. The proportion of never married adults, on the other hand, increased from approximately 15% to 20%. In addition, fewer than 5% of adults were divorced in 1970, but this rose sharply to nearly 10% in 2000. Lastly, those widowed rate was between 5% and 9% each.