The bar charts present information about marriage and divorce rates in the USA, and the marital status of adult Americans between 1970 and 2000. Also, there are four types of marital status, including never married, married, widowed, and divorced.
At first glance, there were 2.5 million marriages in 1970, while there were 1.5 million fewer divorces registered. After a decade, the number of marriages did not change, whereas divorces increased to nearly 1.4 million. The number of marriages became 2.3 million, and as for divorces, it descended by 0.3 million in the same way that marriages did within 10 years. At the end of the given period, there were fewer individuals getting married than in the last decade, which was 2 million, while the number of divorces was the same as the number of divorces at the beginning of the given period.
Looking at another chart that illustrates the marital status of American adults in 1970 and 2000, we see that the percentage of never-married adults was approximately 15% in 1970. After three decades, this percentage ascended by 5%. Furthermore, there were 55% more adults married than never-married people at the beginning of the given period; this percentage went down to 60% within 30 years. In 1970, almost 9% of adults were widowed, and when the time moved to 2000, the number of widowed individuals became 2% less than in the past. Lastly, there were quite a few adults who were divorced; however, this percentage increased by nearly 7% to 9%.