Band 6+: 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 bar charts illustrates changes in marriage percentages among females and males aged 16 to 44 over a decade, from 1998 to 2008. Overall, more females in the age brackets of 16 to 29 chose to marry in both 1998 and 2008. Conversely, males between 30 to 44 are more inclined to marry than the femals in these two years. In addition, the age from 25 to 29 years old was the most idyllic to get married.

In 1998 and 2008, there were hardly any males aged 16 to 19 getting married, while less than 1% of females in the same age group chose to marry. The rates of 20-24 married people decreased in both genders, with males declining to 1.9% and femals to 3%. For married women aged 25 to 29, the percentage of it remained steady in both years, while there was a slight drop in same males’ group to 8%.

When it comes to older age groups , the percentage of married males overnumberring femals aged from 30 to 34 surging to 11% and to 8% respectively. For people aged above 35, the proportion of married upsurged to 9% and nearly 7%, which is twofold figures of women over 35 years old.