Bicycle Users
The table displays the proportions of cyclists in a given town in 2012 by gender and age demographic.
Looking from an overall perspective, it is readily apparent that children and teenagers constituted the majority of bicycle users in the town, followed by older people over 60, while 20-to-less-than-60, especially those aged 40-59, tended to favor bicycles less. There were also more female cyclists than their male counterparts.
Children aged 9 and below led all age groups, comprising more than half of the town’s population who opted to use bicycles, with 52.5% female cyclists and a marginally lower, 51.2%, for male ones. Children and teenagers from 10 to 19 were registered at slightly smaller figures for female bicycle users (43.6%) and roughly half that of the 0-9 for males (25.1%). These statistics were followed distantly by the over-60 demographic, with nearly 20% of elderly females riding bicycles and male cyclists reaching around 15%.
40-to-59 adults reported the smallest percentages of bicycle users for both genders, constituting 13.7% of female cyclists (compared with a slightly higher 18.2% for the 20-39 age bracket) and 9.3% for males (in comparison to 10.8% for 20-39 cyclists).
Essay breakdown
Introduction:
[1] The table displays the proportions of cyclists in a given town in 2012 by gender and age demographic.
[2] Looking from an overall perspective, it is readily apparent that children and teenagers constituted the majority of bicycle users in the town, followed by older people over 60, while 20-to-less-than-60, especially those aged 40-59, tended to favor bicycles less. [3] There were also more female cyclists than their male counterparts.
- Write a general statement to introduce the topic of the table and its contents.
- Write a clear overview to summarise the main features of the table.
- Notes that there are more female than male cyclists.
Body 1:
[1] Children aged 9 and below led all age groups, comprising more than half of the town’s population who opted to use bicycles, with 52.5% female cyclists and a marginally lower, 51.2%, for male ones. [2] Children and teenagers from 10 to 19 were registered at slightly smaller figures for female bicycle users (43.6%) and roughly half that of the 0-9 for males (25.1%). [3] These statistics were followed distantly by the over-60 demographic, with nearly 20% of elderly females riding bicycles and male cyclists reaching around 15%.
- Describes the proportion of bicycle users among children aged 9 and below.
- Describes the proportion of bicycle users among children and teenagers aged 10 to 19.
- Describes the proportion of bicycle users among the over-60 age group.
Body 2:
[1] 40-to-59 adults reported the smallest percentages of bicycle users for both genders, constituting 13.7% of female cyclists (compared with a slightly higher 18.2% for the 20-39 age bracket) and 9.3% for males (in comparison to 10.8% for 20-39 cyclists).
- Describes the proportion of bicycle users among adults aged 40 to 59.
Vocabulary:
The table displays the proportions of cyclists in a given town in 2012 by gender and age demographic.
Looking from an overall perspective, it is readily apparent that children and teenagers constituted the majority of bicycle users in the town, followed by older people over 60, while 20-to-less-than-60, especially those aged 40-59, tended to favor bicycles less. There were also more female cyclists than their male counterparts.
Children aged 9 and below led all age groups, comprising more than half of the town’s population who opted to use bicycles, with 52.5% female cyclists and a marginally lower, 51.2%, for male ones. Children and teenagers from 10 to 19 were registered at slightly smaller figures for female bicycle users (43.6%) and roughly half that of the 0-9 for males (25.1%). These statistics were followed distantly by the over-60 demographic, with nearly 20% of elderly females riding bicycles and male cyclists reaching around 15%.
40-to-59 adults reported the smallest percentages of bicycle users for both genders, constituting 13.7% of female cyclists (compared with a slightly higher 18.2% for the 20-39 age bracket) and 9.3% for males (in comparison to 10.8% for 20-39 cyclists).
- proportions: the relative amount or share of something within a whole
- age demographic: a particular category of people defined by their age
- readily apparent: easily noticeable or obvious
- constituted the majority of: made up the largest part of
- 20-to-less-than-60: people between the ages of 20 and 59
- favor bicycles less: use bicycles less frequently or with less preference
- male counterparts: men who are being compared to or mentioned in the same context
- led all age groups: had the highest percentage among all age groups
- comprising more than half: making up more than half
- slightly smaller figures: slightly lower numbers
- followed distantly: had a much lower percentage
- over-60 demographic: people who are over 60 years old
- elderly females: women who are old
- reported the smallest percentages: had the lowest numbers
- for both genders: for both male and female
- constituting: making up
- compared with: in comparison to
- age bracket: a particular category of people defined by their age range
Grammar Gems:
GERUND PHRASE + COMPARATIVE FORM
“Children aged 9 and below led all age groups, comprising more than half of the town’s population who opted to use bicycles, with 52.5% female cyclists and a marginally lower, 51.2%, for male ones.”
This sentence uses complex grammar structure of “comprising more than half of the town’s population who opted to use bicycles” which is a gerund phrase as the subject of the sentence “Children aged 9 and below” and it also uses the comparative form of “marginally lower”
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