The chart below give information about USA marriage and divorce rates between 1970 and 2000, and the marital status of adult Americans in two of the years.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The upper bar chart shows how many marriages and divorces took place in the USA in millions between 1970 and 2000, and the lower one pictures the percentage of different marital status of adult Americans in 1970 and 2000.
Although the number of marriages was stable between 1970 and 1980, divorces increased from 1 million in 1970 to 1.4 millions in 1980. Whether the number of divorces increased in this period, marriages was still higher and it was 2.5 millions. After 1980, both number of marriages and number of divorces slightly decreased. The number of divorces was half of the number of marriages in 2000.
In both 1970 and 2000, married adults constitute the highest percentage of adult Americans. Percentage of adults who never married increased from around 15% in 1970 to 20% in 2000. In both years, widowed and divorced adults are below 10% of adults. Widowed adults percentage decreased slightly from 1970 to 2000; however, the divorced adults percentage growed hugely in the same period.
Sentence: Widowed adults percentage decreased slightly from 1970 to 2000; however, the divorced adults percentage growed hugely in the same period.
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marriages was still higher and it was 2.5 millions.
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Sentence: Widowed adults percentage decreased slightly from 1970 to 2000; however, the divorced adults percentage growed hugely in the same period.
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Score: 6.0 out of 9
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