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. You should write at least 150 words.

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. You should write at least 150 words.
The two pictures depict information about
marital
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the marital
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status
of citizens, broken down into two different countries. Units are measured in percentage.
Overall
, it is noticeable that most people in both countries,
Canada
and
Australia
,
are
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have been married.
Furthermore
, the highest proportion of the
status
is separated but not divorced in
Canada
, and married
status
has the biggest percentage in
Australia
. In
Canada
, the
status
of separated but not divorced has
highest
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the highest
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value
accounted
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for 53% compared to
Australia
which has slightly more than a third at 41%.
Conversely
, there was only 29% married
status
in
Canada
as opposed to
Australia
which has almost
double
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at
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to
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46%.
Similarly
, the percentage of divorced
status
for the former was very low number at just 1%, and the latter has
double
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doubled
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at
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to
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2% though
this
figure
was remained
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remained
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low. There was
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an absent
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absent
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absence
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of
same sex
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same-sex
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marriage
status
in
Australia
,
whereas
in
Canada
still existed at 3%.
Moreover
, the proportion of the rest
marital
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of marital
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information between
Canada
and
Australia
has a slight discrepancy
approximately
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of approximately
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1.5%
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Vocabulary: Replace the words status, canada, australia with synonyms.
Vocabulary: Rephrase the word "information" in your introduction.
Vocabulary: The word "information" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "proportion" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "slightly" 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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