The chart below gives information on the percentage of British people giving money to charity by age range for the years 1990 and 2010. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

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

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
The graph illustrates the statistics on giving money to
charity
to British
people
by age range in a 20-year period since 1990. The
percentage
of young
people
from 18-25
years
old,
as well as
people
from 26-35 and 36-50
years
old started to spend less cash on
charity
in 2010 than they did in 1990.
Although
the trend among these 3 groups is similar, the first group’s contribution to
charity
decreased drastically,
while
the other 2 groups decreased slightly.
For example
, the
percentage
of 18-25
years
old
people
, who are involved in
charity
plummeted from approximately 17% to 7.5%. Meanwhile seniors from 51 to 65 and over 65
years
old started to give money to
charity
in a greater extent in 2010 than it was in 1990.
For instance
, the
percentage
of former group involvement rose from 35% to almost 40%,
while
the latter increased from 32% to 35%.
However
, the
overall
percentage
of British
people
, who give money to
charity
decreased from 1990 to 2010.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words charity, people, percentage, years with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "give" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 4 times.
Vocabulary: The word "decreased" was used 3 times.

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • charitable donations
  • age range/bracket/group
  • percentage (%)
  • 20-year period
  • British people
  • trends
  • increase/decrease
  • significant change
  • donation patterns
  • remained stable
  • highest/lowest
  • observe
  • compare
  • summarize
  • comment on
  • relevant features
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