"Figure 3: Mean Age at Civil Partnership Formation by Sex, 2005-2013","" "United Kingdom","" "","" "Notes","1. The Civil Partnership Act 2004 came into force on 5 December 2005" "Unit","Mean age" "","" "","Male","Female" "2005","53.9","46.1" "2006","47.0","43.6" "2007","42.8","41.2" "2008","41.8","40.0" "2009","41.2","38.9" "2010","40.6","38.4" "2011","40.1","38.3" "2012","40.0","37.6" "2013","40.6","37.8"