IELTS TASK 1: Women in Australia had their first child from 1966 to 2006
Introduction
· The bar chart details/describes/elaborates when women in Australia had their first child in the provided time period from 1966 to 2006.
Overall
· Looking from an overall perspective, it is readily apparent that women in the past tended to have their first child earlier in life, especially very young women. Having a child in one’s 30s became much more common, though after 30s it remained relatively rare.
IELTS TASK 1: Women in Australia had their first child from 1966 to 2006
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2. The data for women 19-24 underwent a similar drop, falling from 62% to 50% and finally 28%.
3. In contrast, 36% of women were 19-24 years old when they first gave birth in 1966 and this number rose to 50% in 1986 before dropping back to just above the original figure to end the period.
4. The largest rise occurred in the 30-34 age range which was more than its quarter/quadrupled (11% to 18% to 45%).
5. This paralleled the growth for ages 34-39, nearly doubling every 20 years from 9% to 17% and lastly 30%.
6. Finally, there was little change among proportion of Australian women over 40 despite marginal growth from 3% to 5%.
2. Looking from an overall perspective, it is readily apparent that women in the past tended to have their first child earlier in life, especially very young women.
3. Having a child in one’s 30s became much more common, though after one’s 30s it remained relatively rare.
2. The largest rise occurred in the 30-34 age range which more than quadrupled (11% to 18% to 45%).
3. This paralleled the growth for ages 34-39, nearly doubling every 20 years from 9% to 17% and lastly 30%.
4. Finally, there was little change for women over 40 despite marginal growth from 3% to 5%.
6. Finally, there was little change among proportion of Australian women over 40 despite marginal growth from 3% to 5%.
Analysis
2. Looking from an overall perspective, it is readily apparent that women in the past tended to have their first child earlier in life, especially very young women.
3. Having a child in one’s 30s became much more common, though after one’s 30s it remained relatively rare.
- Paraphrase what the table shows.
- Write a clear overview summarising the differences.
- You might need another sentence for your overview.
1. In 1966, 33% of women had their first child under the age of 19. This figure dropped precipitously to reach 11% by 2006.
2. The data for women 19-24 underwent a similar drop, falling from 62% to 50% and finally 28%.
2. The data for women 19-24 underwent a similar drop, falling from 62% to 50% and finally 28%.
- Begin writing about the data for the first categories.
- Make sure you compare as much as possible.
1. In contrast, 36% of women were 19-24 years old when they first gave birth in 1966 and this number then rose to 50% in 1986 before dropping back to just above the original figure to end the period.
2. The largest rise occurred in the 30-34 age range which more than quadrupled (11% to 18% to 45%).
3. This paralleled the growth for ages 34-39, nearly doubling every 20 years from 9% to 17% and lastly 30%.
4. Finally, there was little change for women over 40 despite marginal growth from 3% to 5%.
- Write about the final, other parts of the graph – include everything!
- Compare the categories.
ALTERNATIVE METHOD
The chart shows the percentage of different age groups of first-time mothers in Australia in three different years, 1966, 1986 and 2006.
Overall, Australian women were more inclined towards having their first child during their later adulthood. The percentage of first-time mothers aged 30 or over was on the increase while women giving birth to their first child at the age of 30 or under saw an opposite trend.
Looking at the younger women, the majority of women aged 19 to 24 were first-time mothers, at 60%, and this number was two times higher than 35% of those at the age of under 19 and 25 to 30 when delivering their first child. In the next forty years, the percentage of 25-30 year old first-time mothers peaked at 50% in 1986, later it declined to under 40% in 2006 while the figure for women from 2 younger groups halved to 20% and 30%.
In other groups, there was a dramatic growth in the percentage of women aged 30 to 34 and 34 to 39 giving birth to their first child from 13% to 45% and 8% to 30% respectively during the given period. In contrast, the percentage of over 40-year-old first-time mothers saw a relative stability at 5%.
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