The charts below give information on the ages of people when they got married in one particular country in 1996 and 2008. Summarise the information by selecting and repairing the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The presented bar graphs compare the

marriage

ages of both sexes in a country between 1996 and 2008.

Overall

,

while

the proportion of women aged 25 to 29 maintained its dominant status throughout the period, the general

marriage

age

for men remarkably increased. Regarding the ages of female

marriage

, the

percentage

of the 16-19

age

group shrunk drastically from approximately 1% to virtually 0%, which is the lowest out of all

age

categories.

Similarly

, the

percentage

of the 20-24 and 35-39

age

groups declined roughly by half, from 6% to 3% and 4% to just over 2%, respectively.

In contrast

, that of 30 to 34-year-old women witnessed a subtle increase of around 1%, and the rise in the

percentage

of the 40-44

age

group was negligible. Concerning male

marriage

age

, the proportion of 20-24 and 25-29

age

groups slightly decreased, constituting 2% and 8% in 2018 respectively. Over time, marriages predominantly occurred in older

age

groups as the

percentage

of men aged 30 to 34 and 35 to 39 both soared by over 1%. Noticeably, 16 to 19-year-old men in

this

country did not get married throughout the entire period.