The bar graphs compare the percentage rate of people, both male and female, getting married in a certain country in the years 1996 and 2008. The data is divided into six groups, ranging from the lowest 16-19 to the highest 40-44 years of age.
Overall, in both periods, females’ marriage trend was mostly centred around at younger age groups compared to that of males.
To begin with the women, in both 1996 and 2008, females predominantly got married in earlier ages than that of males. Females’ peak marriage rate was during 25 to 29 years of age; almost 12% of female marriage fell in this interval. However, from the age 30 onwards, women’s marriage trend line experienced a steady decline of 3 percentage points in 1996, and a steep fall of 8 percentage points for the same age groups in 2008.
On the other hand, men’s peak age for getting married in 1996 were 25-29 and 30-34, each group occupied roughly 9 percent of the associated male population. The age group of 35-39 in 1996 counted roughly about 8 percent which significantly jumped to the peak in 2008 to be just below 12 percent. However, the percentage of men getting married at 36-40 declined from just below 6 percent in 1996 to around 3 percent in 2008.