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Question:
The charts 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.
Answer:
The first bar graph shows the changes in the number of marriages and divorces in the USA from 1970 to 2000, and the second bar graph gives information about the marital status of American adults in the 2 years: 1970 and 2000.
Overall, the number of marriages decreased slightly over the shown period, while the figure for divorces saw minimal changes. Additionally, married adults accounted for the largest proportion in both the first and last year.
In 1970, there were 1 million divorces in the USA, while there were more than twice as many marriages. Moreover, the number of marriages remained unchanged in 1980 and dropped to 2 million by 2000. In contrast, the figure for divorces peaked at nearly 1.5 million in 1980 before falling back to 1 million in 2000.
In 1970, the proportion of married American adults were around 70%, which fell to just below 60% by 2000. While the figures for divorcees and adults that were never married both increased by around 7%, the proportion of widowed adults decreased slightly.
The first bar graph shows the changes in the (Incorrect. It does not plot the changes, e.g. + 5%. It plots the actual numbers. ) number of marriages and divorces in the USA from 1970 to 2000, and the second bar graph gives information about the (Vague, not precise) marital status of plots the percentage of American adults in four categories of marital status in the 2 years: 1970 and 2000.
Overall, the number of marriages decreased slightly over the shown period, while the figure (wrong word) for divorces saw (wrong word Numbers cannot see. Read my advice. ) showed / had minimal changes. Additionally, married adults accounted for the largest proportion in both the first and last years.
In 1970, there were 1 million divorces in the USA, while there were more than twice as many marriages. Moreover, the number of marriages remained unchanged in 1980 and dropped to 2 million by 2000. In contrast, the figure for (wrong word) divorces peaked at nearly 1.5 million in 1980 before falling back to 1 million in 2000.
In 1970, the proportion of married American adults were (wrong verb form) around 70%, which fell to just below 60% by 2000. While the figures percentages of for divorcees and adults that were never married both increased by around 7%, the proportion of widowed adults decreased slightly.
Example essay:
Paragraph 1: Describe the figure completely.
The two bar charts together give information about marriage and divorce in the USA. The first chart plots the numbers of marriages and divorces in four years, 1970, 1980, 1990 and 2000. The second bar chart plots the proportion of adults who were in each of four categories ( never married, married, widowed and divorced ) in 1970 and 2000.
Paragraph 2: Write about two or three main features.
Overall, there were marriages than divorces in this time frame and the majority of adults were married. The number of marriages and the percentage of adults who were married were both smaller in 2000 than in 1970.
Paragraph 3: Write about some details. Focus on comparisons
In detail, the number of marriages generally were on the decline, from 2.5 million in both 1970 and 1980 to 2 million in 2000. Divorces were close to one million in each of the four years except 1980, when it reached about 1.4 million. Regarding marital status, 70% of adults were classified as married in 1970 and about 10% less in 2000. A small minority of adults fell into the categories of widowed and divorced; however, the percentage of divorced adults rose by a factor of about 4, from 2% in 1970 to 8% in 2000. The proportion of adults who were never married went up from 15% in 1970 to 20% in 2000.