Australian men and women doing regular physical activity, 2010 - Test 5
IELTS_ACADEMIC · Ielts Writing Task1 · Cambridge IELTS 12 Academic, Cambridge University Press
You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. Write at least 150 words.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
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The bar chart below shows the percentage of Australian men and women in different age groups who did regular physical activity in 2010.
Percentage of Australian men and women doing regular physical activity: 2010
Grouped bar chart. Title: 'Percentage of Australian men and women doing regular physical activity: 2010'. X-axis: Age group, with six categories — 15 to 24, 25 to 34, 35 to 44, 45 to 54, 55 to 64, and 65 and over. Y-axis: Percentage (%), scaled 0 to 60 with gridlines every 10. Two series per age group, shown in a legend below the chart: Male (light, hatched bars) and Female (dark solid bars). Values — 15 to 24: Male 52.8, Female 47.7. 25 to 34: Male 42.2, Female 48.9. 35 to 44: Male 39.5, Female 52.5. 45 to 54: Male 43.1, Female 53.3. 55 to 64: Male 45.1, Female 53. 65 and over: Male 46.7, Female 47.1. Men are the more active group only in the youngest band (15 to 24); from 25 to 34 onwards women exceed men in every band. The male figure falls from 52.8 to a low of 39.5 at 35 to 44, then rises steadily to 46.7 at 65 and over. The female figure rises from 47.7 to a peak of 53.3 at 45 to 54, holds near 53 at 55 to 64, then falls to 47.1 at 65 and over. The widest gap between the sexes is at 35 to 44 (13 percentage points); the narrowest is at 65 and over (0.4 of a point), where the two are almost equal.
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