"Figure 2: Civil partnership formations by sex (percentage), 2005 to 2016","" "England and Wales","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","%" "","" "Year","Male","Female" "2005","66.1","33.9" "2006","60.2","39.8" "2007","55.1","44.9" "2008","53.9","46.1" "2009","52.1","47.9" "2010","49.4","50.6" "2011","51.5","48.5" "2012","49.3","50.7" "2013","47.3","52.7" "2014","56.7","43.3" "2015","66.2","33.8" "2016","67.9","32.1"