Q. The charts above give information on the ages of people when they got married in one country in 1996 and 2008. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, making comparisons where relevant.
The charts provide a comparison of marriage age trends among men and women in 1996 and 2008 in a certain country. The data is divided into six age groups, ranging from 16-19 to 40-44.
Overall, the age that both genders got married was higher in 2008, while women tended to marry at a younger age than men.
In 1996, 1 per cent of women got married between the ages of 16 and 19, while in 2008 this figure was about three times lower. Interestingly, no men in this age group go married in both years. The most common age for females to get married was from 25 to 29 years of ages, at around 11.5 per cent in 1996 and 2008.
In terms of male's age at marriage, the groups of 25-29 and 30-34 were equally the most common age, at about 9 per cent in 1996. However, by 2006, the age group of 25 and 29 by males had fallen to 8 per cent, while 11 per cent of men had increased in the age group of 30 and 34, the 35-39 and 40-44 age groups showed a similar trend.
By comparing with females and males' age at marriage, the females' age groups in 30-34, 35-39 and 40-44 went up slightly, meanwhile the same age groups for males rose even more. The 35-39 category went from 7 per cent to 9 per cent and the oldest group went from 5 per cent to almost 7 per cent.