The line graph shows the percentage of people of different age groups and how they rate a set of factors in terms of importance when buying a new home. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

The line graph illustrates the

importance

, measured in percentages, that four

ages

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age

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groups

place on five different factors when they move to a new home. It is immediately apparent that a low crime rate is the most important variable across all

the

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age

groups

. Of all the factors, the desire for a low crime rate is by far the most important. Amongst

the

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all the

age

groups

this

figure stands at around 80%, with the

middle aged

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middle-aged

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and elderly viewing it as slightly more important.

Next

, schools are seen as very important by a significant proportion of 25 to 44

year

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olds

although

the percentages drop markedly as people get older, with just under 25% of 55 to

64 year olds

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64-year-olds

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viewing

this

as important. Shopping facilities, being chosen by around 13%, are not viewed with

such

importance

as schools and crime by the younger

age

groups

.

However

, as people get older,

this

increases in

importance

to approximately 30%, and, as would be expected, is actually more important than schools to those over 55.

Finally

,

although

increasing in

importance

with

age

, neither parks nor public transport

are

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viewed to be as important as the other factors by any of the

groups

.