The charts provide a comparison of marriage age trends among men and women in 1996 and 2008 in one particular nation. The data is divided into six age groups, ranging from 16-19 to 40-44.
An overall assessment of the data reveals that women tended to marry at an earlier age than men, while over time both sexes tended to delay marriage by a few years. Peak marriage age for both sexes was in their late twenties to early thirties.
In the youngest age group, only 1 percent of women got married in 1996, while this figure had fallen to just a small fraction of a percent by 2008. Conversely, no men entered into marriage at this age in either period. The most typical age for a women to marry was from 25-29, and this percentage remained constant at just under 12 in both years. For women in the older age groups, there was an increase of around one percentage point in each as well as a steady decline in the percentages as women got older.
As for men, in 1996 the age groups of 25-29 and 30-34 were equally popular, with approximately 9 percent of men getting married at these ages. Moreover, there were also significant increases in the 35-39 and 40-44 demographics, with the percentages climbing from 7 to 9 and 5 to 7, respectively.
The charts provide a comparison of
marriage
age
trends among
men
and
women
in 1996 and 2008 in one particular nation. The data
is divided
into six
age
groups
, ranging from 16-19 to 40-44.
An
overall
assessment of the data reveals that
women
tended to marry at an earlier
age
than
men
, while over time both sexes tended to delay
marriage
by a few years. Peak
marriage
age
for both sexes was in their late twenties to early thirties.
In the youngest
age
group
,
only
1 percent of
women
got
married in 1996, while this figure had fallen to
just
a
small
fraction of a percent by 2008.
Conversely
, no
men
entered into
marriage
at this
age
in either period. The most typical
age
for a
women
to marry was from 25-29, and this
percentage
remained constant at
just
under 12 in both years. For
women
in the older
age
groups
, there was an increase of around one
percentage
point in each
as well
as a steady decline in the
percentages
as
women
got
older.
As for
men
, in 1996 the
age
groups
of 25-29 and 30-34 were
equally
popular, with approximately 9 percent of
men
getting married at these
ages
.
Moreover
, there were
also
significant increases in the 35-39 and 40-44 demographics, with the
percentages
climbing from 7 to 9 and 5 to 7,
respectively
.