IELTS Academic writing: Percentage of British people giving money to charity by age range for the years 1990 and 2010.

The chart below gives information on the percentage of British people giving money to charity by age range for the years 1990 and 2010. 

Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant. 

Answer 1:

The bar diagram presents insights into the proportion of Britons by age , donating money to charitable organisations in the year 1990 and 2010. 

To begin with, in the year 1990 the amount of donations showed continuous increase from age 18 to 50 and reached a peak of around 41%  in the age group of 36 to 50 years  and then formed a plateau. And, with increase in age beyond  50 years the amount of contributions towards charitable purposes showed a mild decline. 

Similarly, in 2010 the pattern followed the same trend as in 1990 and the percentage of charity showed a continuous increase from age 18 to 65 , but in comparison to 1990 the zenith level of contributions was reached  in the age  group of 51-65 and then , similar to 1990,  there was a bit of decline. 

Overall, almost similar trend was observed in both the years from ages 18 to 15. But a significant point to note is that there was a trend reversal after the age of 50 , and the number of people donating in 2010 was more than the amount of population in 1990. 

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Answer 2:

The bar graph illustrates the proportion of Britishers of different age groups donating money to charity in the year 1990 and in 2010.

Overall, it is apparent that in 1990, people below 50 donated more money, however an opposite trend was seen in 2010, where groups over 50 made significant contributions.

In 1990, British people in age group of 18-25 contributed to 17% of money, however this dropped sharply to just 7% in 2010. Similar downward trend was seen in people in the age bracket of 26-35, who gave 30% in 1990 and in 2010 the percentage dropped to 24%. The highest proportion of charitable donations were made by 36-50 years old, at 43% in 1990 but later it declined slightly to 35% in 2010.

On the other hand, the donations in 2010 soared with increasing age. The donations went up by 5% in 2010 for people in the age bracket 51-65. Likewise, marginal growth was seen in people above 65, devoting 35% of money to charities in 2010 from 32% a decade ago.

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