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THE TASK

The chart and table below show the average number of

children born to one woman and the average age of
women when they had their first child in two countries
between 1920 and 2019.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the
main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
Write at least 150 words.

Average number of children born to one woman

(1920-2019)
5

0
1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2019

UK Kazakhstan

Average age at which women have their first child (1920-2019)

1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2019
UK 26.5 27.8 27.5 26.9 28.5 28.9
Kazakhstan 23.5 24.2 25.5 26 26.9 27.6

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BAND 9 SAMPLE ANSWER

The line graph illustrates how many children women had on average in the UK
and Kazakhstan from 1920 to 2019, while the table provides a woman’s
average age of first-time motherhood for the same countries and time
period. Over time, a general trend of deferring childbearing to a later age
and having fewer children overall can be observed in both countries,
although women in Kazakhstan had their first child earlier and had more
children than their UK counterparts.

In 1920, the average British woman gave birth to approximately two children,
while the Kazakhstani average was around 3.5. In both countries, the birth
rate continued to increase until the 1960s, at which point it peaked at around
2.7 and 4.5 children per woman respectively. Between 1960 and 2019, the
numbers generally declined, with the end of the period displaying a rate of
approximately 1.8 children per woman in the UK and 3.0 in Kazakhstan.

In terms of women’s age at first childbirth, females in Kazakhstan preceded

those in Britain by about one to four years across all time periods. The average
age of giving birth to the first child increased slightly in both countries, from
26.5 in the UK and 23.5 in Kazakhstan in 1920 to 28.9 and 27.6 in 2019
respectively.

(211 words)

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