The two pie charts below show the marital status of the populations of Canada and Australia. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The two pie charts below show the marital status of the populations of Canada and Australia.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
Those pie charts illustrate the wedded status of the people in
Canada
and
Australia
. Units are measured in percentages.
Overall
, it is clear to see that most of the populations in both
Canada
and
Australia
are separated without actual legal separation or married. The smallest amount of people are divorced. Nearly 50% in
Canada
and 41% in
Australia
are men and women that don't live with each other but are still connected by the law.
Also
, there is a high percentage of legally connected families in both countries (29% and 46% respectively). The smallest proportion of the chart is taken by those, who are divorced (1% for
Canada
and 2% for
Australia
). The number of widowed and never married people is in the middle for both of the states with rates between 5% and 7%. The difference between them is that in Canadian law connections between men and men or women and women are seen and form 3% of the chart,
while
there are no same-sex marriages in
Australia
.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words canada, australia with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "charts" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "percentages" was used 2 times.

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • marital status
  • population
  • pie charts
  • percentage
  • categories
  • Married
  • Single
  • Divorced
  • Widowed
  • distribution
  • noticeable trends
  • comparison
  • significantly different
  • similarities
  • striking differences
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