The charts below show the numbers of people per household in 1990 and 2000 in New Zealand. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

The charts below show the numbers of people per household in 1990 and 2000 in New Zealand. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

Write at least 150 words.
These two pie charts illustrate how many
people
living
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lived
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in each New Zealand family in 1990 and 2000. In 1990,
two
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two-person
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people
families
are
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were
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the most common
households
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household
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, which took up 31%,
wherease
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whereas
only around 7%
families
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of families
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had 5 or 6 members. It's shown that
the
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21% of
households
consisted of 3
people
, ranking the second among all segments. The proportion of
the
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dwellings having 1 person and 4
person
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people
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are the same, which
are
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is
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17% among all
households
in 1990. In 2000,
families
with 3 members became the most
prodominant
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predominant
family structure, which increased to 35%, followed by the number of 2
people
families
, which was only 4% less than that. The number of 4
people
households
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in households
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remained
as
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apply
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the same as that in 1990, whilst the number of
people
living alone dropped significantly to 2% in 2000. In terms of 4
people
and
5
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5-people
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people
households
, it
tooks
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took
up around 16%
among
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of
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total
household
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households
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in New Zealand.
Overall
,
2 member
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2-member
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and
3 member
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3-member
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families
were the most common
households
in 1990 and 2000, which occupied more than half of
the
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apply
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New Zealand
families
.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words people, families, households with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "number of" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "around" was used 2 times.
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