The charts below show the main reasons for study among students of different age groups and the amount of support they received from employers.

The first graph shows that there is a gradual decrease in

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for

career

reasons with age. Nearly 80% of students under 26 years,

study

for their

career

.

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percentage gradually declines by 10-20% every decade. Only 40% of 40-49yr

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and 18% of over 49yr

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for

career

reasons in late adulthood.

Conversely

, the first graph

also

shows that

study

stemming from

interest

increases

with age. There are only 10% of under 26yr

olds

studying out of

interest

. The percentage

increases

slowly till the beginning of the fourth decade

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and

increases

dramatically in late adulthood.

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number of 40-49yr

olds

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study

for

career

and

interest

.

However

70% of over 49yr

olds

study

for

interest

in comparison to 18% studying for

career

reasons in that age group. The

second

graph shows that employer support is maximum (approximately 60%) for the under 26yr students. It drops rapidly to 32% up to the

third

decade of life

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and

then

increases

in late adulthood up to about 44%. It is unclear whether employer support is only for

career

-focused

study

, but the highest level is for those students who mainly

study

for

career

purposes