The graphs below show the average retirement age for men and women in 2004 and 2008 in six different countries. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
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The given column graphs compare the
retirement
age
of males and females in six countries in 2004 and 2008. Overall
, the retirement
age
increased in all countries with the exception of Italy, among men
, and France, among women
, where it remained the same in the given years
.
The Danish men
and women
retired at the ages of 60 and 59 respectively in 2004, but in 2008 they both
retired at the age
of 61. The average age
of retirement
for both
genders was the lowest in France, with the men
retiring at the age
of 58 in 2004 and at 59 in 2008. Women
retired at the age
of 58 in both
the given years
. The Italian men
retired at 60 years
in 2004 as well as
2008, whereas
women
retired at a younger age
in both
the
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years
as compared to men
.
The age
of retirement
for women
was 58 in 2004 and 59 in 2008. A similar trend in retirement
ages was seen among the Dutch, Swede and British males and females with the
increase of one year in each case in 2008 as compared to 2004.
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To conclude
, a striking feature of the graph is that the retirement
age
for both
sexes was the highest in Sweden in comparison with all other given countries.Submitted by iambrijeshpatel19 on
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