Has the marrying age of a man changed over the years? The United States Bureau of the Census takes a formal count of everyone in the U. S. every 10 years and has provided the following data that gives the median age of an
American man at the time of his first marriage.
Year
1910 1920 1930 1940 1950
Median Age 25.1 24.6 24.3 24.3 22.8
1960
22.8
1970 1980 1990 2000
24.7 26.1 26.8
23.2
What does a rate of change of zero mean in this situation?
a. The median age of a man at the time of his first marriage is, on the average, constant.
b. The median age of a man at the time of his first marriage is, on the average, decreasing.
c. The median age of a man at the time of his first marriage is, on the average, increasing.
d. The rate of change cannot be zero in this situation.