China's one-child policy has been carried out successfully, but the proportion of the growth of single-child families varies in different areas. The chart below shows the proportion of single-child families in cities, outskirts and rural areas of China in the past 20 years. Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information in the chart below. You should write at least 150 words.

The bar chart demonstrates the percentage of the growth of single-child parents varies in China’s different regions in the 20-year period from 1980 to 2000. It can be clearly seen that the rates of cities and outskirts areas had a similar pattern, while rural ones demonstrated lower figure. Initially, the proportion of single-child families varied […]