You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. 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.

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

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 compare the marital status of
people
living in
Canada
and
Australia
. It looks at six different spousal relationships. Units are measured in percentages.
Overall
, the proportion of
people
that are married but living apart is the highest in
Canada
while
for
Australia
, the highest share is for married couples. Despite
this
, both countries have
lower
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percentage of divorced
people
. In
Canada
, more than half of the population are separated but not legally divorced.
This
figure
is slightly more than
Australia
where the number of
people
that are living apart but have not signed the ink stands at 41%. Married couples take the second highest share, and
this
figure
is 29%. Noticeably, the proportion of
people
who have never been married or have been widowed
are
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similar which is 7%. The same can
also
be said for
Australia
where the
figure
stands at 5% and 6% respectively. In
Australia
, more
people
have tied the knot than divorced. Nearly half of
people
are married compared to less than 5% who are legally separated. Interestingly, both
Canada
and
Australia
have
low
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percentage of divorced
people
with the
figure
standing at 1% and 2% respectively.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words people, canada, australia, figure with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "figure" was used 4 times.
Vocabulary: The word "compare" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "figure" was used 4 times.
Vocabulary: The word "percentages" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "proportion" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "stands" was used 3 times.

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