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.
The pie charts illustrate the proportion of wedding status of citizens of
Canada
and
Australia
. There are six main categories for
Canada
and five for
Australia
.
Overall
, the status of separated but still married is the highest proportion in
Canada
.
Whereas
in
Australia
, the majority of couples still keep their marriage intact. In detail, the most marital status in
Canada
is separated but not divorced with 53%
while
in
Australia
, the married couple is the highest ratio, accounting for 46%.
Similarly
, the single, widowed, and divorced categories are the smaller
group
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in both countries. For other marriage statuses in
Canada
, the second highest is the married couple with nearly a third of the total percentage. Followed by the single and widowed group with a similar percentage of 7%. The group with same-sex marriage and
divorced
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the lowest ratio in
Canada
, accounting for 4% combined. In
Australia
, the difference between the highest proportion and the second best is only 5%, which is the separated but still married category. Widowed, single and divorced contribute
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insignificant amounts of 6%, 5%, and 2 %, respectively. It
also
stated that
,
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there is no same-sex couple in
Australia
.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words canada, australia with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "proportion" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "ratio" 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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