The graph below shows the average retirement age of males and females in six countries in 2003. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The bar charts illustrate

men

's and

women

's intermediate

age

of

retirement

in Denmark, France, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden and

UK

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for 2004 and 2008.

Overall

, we observed that the mean

retirement

age

for

both

sexes had increased from 2008 to 2004, except for males in Italy and females in France, the

age

remained the same. On closer examination, it was clear that in Sweden

both

men

and

women

in 2004 retired at about 63

years

old which had risen by 1

year

in 2008. In the

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, in

both

2004 and

2008

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2008,

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men

had a higher

retirement

age

than

women

, at around 62 and 61

years

respectively.

Also

, in the Netherlands

women

’s

retirement

age

was less than

men

’s in

both

years

by 1

year

which was around 61

years

in 2004 and 62

years

in 2008.

In addition

to

this

, it can be seen that in Italy the mean

age

for

men

was the same for

both

years

at 60

years

old,

in

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the

age

of

women

rose from 58 to 59

years

in 2008. In France, female

age

stayed the same for

both

years

at 58

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,

however

men

’s

age

rose by 1

year

in 2008 to 59

years

.

Finally

, in Denmark, the

retirement

age

for

both

sexes was 61

years

in 2008, compared to 59

years

for females and 60

years

for

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in 2004.