10.11 Marital status. In the U.S. Census Bureau document America’s Families and Living Arrangements: 2011, we find these data on the marital status of American women aged 15 years and older as of 2011:
Marital status | Count (thousands) |
---|---|
Never married | 34,963 |
Married | 65,000 |
Widowed | 11,306 |
Divorced | 13,762 |
(a) How many women were not married in 2011?
(b) Make a bar graph to show the distribution of marital status.
(c) Would it also be correct to use a pie chart? Explain.