The first bar chart provides information on marriage and divorce rates in the USA, whereas the second bar chart illustrates the martial status of grow up Americans in two different years.
Overall, although witnessing some fluctuatuions, divorce rates remained the same towards the end of the period, whereas marriage rates displayed a gradual decrease until the end of the timeframe. In both 1970 and 2000, a significantly higher number of americans were married than otherwise.
Marriage rates in the USA stayed fairly the same in the years 1970 and 1980 with about 2.5 million for each, decreasing slightly to about 2.25 million in 1990, before finalising the timeframe with 2 million married adults in 2000. Divorce rates were 1 million americans in 1970, this number then significantly rose to a little under 1.5 million in 1980, before witnessing a gradual decrease to 1 million once again in the year 2000.
In 1970 a big majority of the american population was married, with around 80%, this number, however, soon fell to around 60 million in 2000. Following married adults, the second biggest group was compromised of adults that were never married, with aroun 12% in 1970, before increasing to about 20% in 2000. The widowed population was really small compared to married groups, with around 8% and 7% in 1970 and 2000 respectively. Divorced adults were the smallest group in the year 1970, with a little above 0%, thss number then rose substantially to a little under 10% in 2000.