"Figure 1: The proportion of the population who are single has risen whilst the proportion of the married population has been in decline","" "Percentage point change of marital status of people aged 16 years and over, 2008 to 2018, by sex, England and Wales","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","Percentage point" "","" "","Males","Females" "Single","2.3","2.5" "Married","-1.8","-1.3" "Civil Partnered","0","0" "Divorced","-0.4","0.5" "Widowed","-0.1","-1.7"