Task 1: The chart below gives information about the age of women in Australia when they gave birth to their first child in 1966, 1986 and 2006.

The chart compares the proportion of

women

that gave birth to their

first

child of different ages in Australia in three years 1966,1986 and 2006.

Overall

,

while

the percentage of

women

who had

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first

baby aged 30 or under followed an upward trend, the proportion of

first

-time

mothers

who fall into

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the 30

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to above 40 age group experienced an adverse pattern. In 1966, the rate of 20 to 24-year-old

first

-time

mothers

ranked

first

, at more than 60%, followed by the ratio of 25-to-30-year-old

first

-time

mothers

and the proportion of

women

who had their

first

baby when they are 19 or under, at nearly 40% and 35%, respectively. About 13% of 30-to-34-year-old

women

gave birth to their

first

child, being nearly double for 34-to-39-year-old

first

-time

mothers

, at 7%.

In addition

, the data of

first

-time

mothers

who fall into

30

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to above 40 age group witnessed

gradually

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increased throughout the period, from 13% to 50%, from 7% to 30% and from 2% to 5%.

By contrast

, the percentage of

first

-time

mothers

aged 19 and under and 20-to-24-year-old

first

-time

mothers

dropped significantly in 2006, to 15% and 35%, respectively.

Furthermore

, the figure for

first

-time

mothers

who fall into the 25 to 30 age group decreased to 45% in 2006 after climbing to 55% in 1986