The graph shows the information about the number of marriages in the UK from 1951 to 2001.
The line graph compares the number of marriages in the United Kingdom between 1951 and 2001.
It is noticeable that the number of all marriages was by far the highest during the research period. Additionally, while there was an upward trend in the number of remarriages, the opposite was true for first and all marriages.
In 1951, the total number of marriages was the highest, at 400,000, whereas the figure for remarriages was significantly lower, at 350,000. At the same time, the number of first marriages stood at 350,000. In the next 20 years, the number of all marriages increased dramatically and reached its highest point of 450,000.
The years 2001 witnessed a rapid fall in the numbers of first marriages and all marriages to 350,000 and 375,000, respectively. By contrast, there was a slight rise of approximately 40,000 to 200,000 in the number of remarriages.
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