IELTS writing task 1 -15

The table below presents the number of children ever born to women aged 40-44 years in Australia for each year the information was collected since 1981.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

Write at least 150 words.

Number of children ever born, Women aged 40–44 years
					Four or
		One	Two	Three	more
	None	child	children	children	children
year	%	%	%	%	%
2006	15.9	13.2	38.3	21.5	11.0
1996	12.8	11.3	38.2	24.6	13.1
1986	9.7	8.7	35.6	27.0	18.9
1981	8.5	7.6	29.0	27.4	27.6

Model answer 1

The table shows the number of children born to women aged 40–44 years in Australia in 1981, 1986, 1996 and 2001.

In 1981, women aged 40-44 years were only marginally more likely to have had two children than three children (29% vs 27.4%) or four or more children (27.6%). Similarly, by 1986, women of this age were considerably more likely to have given birth to two children than three children (35.6% vs 27%) or four or more children (18.9%). 

In 1996 and 2006, the proportions of women aged 40-44 years who had given birth to two children were almost identical, though the proportions who had given birth to three children or to four or more children had decreased. In these more recent periods, women were more likely to have had two children than three or more children - a trend that was most marked in the most recent period (38.2% vs 24.6% in 1996; 38.3% vs 21.5% in 2006).

While two-child families now predominate, the number of women who had given birth to only one child increased progressively from 7.6% in 1981 to 13.2% in 2006.

In 1981, similar proportions of women aged in their early forties were childless or had given birth to only one child (8.5% and 7.6% respectively). By 2006, 15.9% of women were childless and 13.2% had given birth to only one child.

Overall, by age 40-44 years, the proportion of women who have had three or more children has fallen considerably since the 1980s, while the proportions who have had no children, or only one or two children has increased.

 Band score 7

Model answer 2

The figure represents the data of children ever born to women age ranging from 40-44 years in Australia for each year the information was amassed since 1981.

Overall in the figure, sector having two children outnumbered all  other data in all years with variable increment data from year 1981 to 2006.In whole figure 38.3% was the highest point representing the data of women having two children in year 2006.Whereas the lowest point was of 7.6% of women having one child in year 1981.

In all year, column of the two children had crossed a quarter, following same trend the field of three children were above a quarter in year 1981 and 1986 after onwards data were below 25%.Similarly all the other fields were below 25% except four or more children in year 27.6% having 27.6%.In year 1981 and 1986 data of three children and in year 1981 having four or more than for children have nearly the data of 27%.

To sum up, in all year women ranging 40-44 possess maximum amount of two children which had outnumbered all the data.

band score 7.5