"Figure 3: More women than men married at younger ages while more men than women married at older ages for opposite-sex marriages","" "Percentage of marriages of opposite-sex couples by age of men and women, England and Wales, 2017","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","% of marriages" "","" "Age","Men","Women" "Under 20","0.2","0.5" "20 to 24","4.8","8.7" "25 to 29","23.4","29.4" "30 to 34","24.7","23.0" "35 to 39","14.2","11.8" "40 to 44","8.4","7.0" "45 to 49","7.5","6.6" "50 to 54","6.1","5.4" "55 to 59","4.5","3.5" "60 to 64","2.7","1.9" "65 and over","3.5","2.1"