The given Charts illustrate information about USA Marriage and Divorce rates between 1970 and 2000 and the marital status of adult Americans in 2 of the years. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting following features and make comparisons where relevant.

The Charts below give information about USA Marriage and Divorce rates between 1970 and 2000 and the marital status of adult Americans in 2 of the years. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting following features and make comparisons where relevant. 

 

Number of Marriages and Divorces 

The given bar graphs illustrate changes in trend of marriage, divorce and marital status among Americans between 1970 and 2000.

In 1970, 2.5 million Americans tied nuptials while 1 million people sought divorces. From 1970 to 1980, no change in number of marriages was observed whereas, number of couples seeking legal separation rose. From 1980 to 1990 lesser number of Americans married and sought legal separations. The number of marriages and divorces from 1990 to 2000 continued to fall to 2 million and 1 million respectively.  

Similarly, the bar diagram illustrating the marital status of American inhabitants shows that number of individuals who never wedded and who got legally separated rose in the 30 year period between 1970 and 2000.

On the other hand, inclination to marry decreased among Americans between 1970 and 2000. Similarly, there was a decline in number of widowed people in the corresponding period.

To conclude, more and more people in USA are willing to spend their lives single.