The bar charts compare the percentage of people who got married in six distinct age brackets in 1996 and 2008.
Overall, the proportion of females getting married experienced a slight decrease, apart from people aged 25-29, while that of men in 30-34 and 35-39 increased considerably. Noticeably, the percentage of married men in the last three age groups was much higher than that of women.
In 1996, there was around 1% of females aged 16-19 getting married, which was also true in 2008, while there was no male getting married at that age. In the 20-24 age bracket, the percentage of married people was 6% of females and 2% of males. Notably, people in the 25-29 group accounted for the largest share, which was below 12% for females and around 9% for males. There were 7% of women aged 30-34 getting married, and the downward trend continuously happened in the 35-39 and 40-44 age groups, which recorded 4% and 2% respectively. Additionally, the statistics of married male depicted the same trend, which registered 2% in the last age group.
Regarding 2008, the proportion of females and males getting married between the ages of 20-24 was below 4% and 2% for each group, while those of the 25-29 group reached 12% for females and 8% for males. Also, the statistics of married women in the 30-34, 35-39 and 40-44 groups was by far lower than those of men, which were 8, above 2 and 2% respectively. Meanwhile, men in these age brackets registered the number of above 11% for both the 30-34 and 35-39 groups, and less than 4% for the last one.
