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Some people believe that education is the key to tackle hunger wordlwide while others feel that the answer is in food aid.

A glance at the table provided compares the proportion of people who used the bus for travelling for various purposes, namely - shopping, study,
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, visiting friends and day tour - in the UK between 2009 and 2011. Overall, it is clear that the usage of bus for going shopping and commuting
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to
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 became less preferable over the period, whereas for the other 3 purposes the use of bus rose year by year. It can be seen that bus was the most preferred mean for going shopping and the least preferred for going to
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. A mere 5% of people used
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the bus
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to
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 in 2009.
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, in 2010, there was under twice as few people as in 2009 and by 2011, people no longer used bus for going to
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. Using the bus for study and day tour was quite similar,
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; the use of buses for day tour was done by about 3% more people over the period. In 2009, just under two thirds of people used to go shopping by bus.
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 proportion went down considerably and reached just over a half in 2011. About a fifth used the bus for visiting friends in both 2009 and 2010. There was a slight increase, ending the period at 23%.

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