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BEST IELTS Academic Writing Task 1, 22nd October
ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
The charts below show the distribution of families with children by employment status in Canada in 1976 and 2014.
Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparison where relevant.
SAMPLE ANSWER
These charts show how there was a significant change in the working status of parents in Canada between 1976 and 2014. It is clear that there was a major shift from fathers being the sole breadwinner to more dual income familiar and single mothers.
In 1976 a huge majority of families were financially supported either by the father or by both parents: 51% and 33% respectively. None of the other categories of couples with no income, single fathers, single mothers and couples where the mother was the only earner accounted for more than 8%.
This situation was quite different in 2014. By that time, dual income families had become easily the largest category at 55%. It is also striking how the father being the sole earner had fallen dramatically to only 17%. Equally notable is how the proportion of lone others had doubted to 16%. The figures for couples with no income, single fathers and the mother as the major breadwinner all rose but still only accounted for only 8% of the total.
