The charts below show the main reasons for study among students of different age groups and the amount of support they received from employers. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make companies where relevant.

The bar charts give information about the causes of the study in terms of students' different age phases and the funds they obtained from

employers

. It is clear from the first chart that two learning purposes, for

career

and for interest, show completely opposite trends, with the proportion of the former increasing as students become older. The second chart illustrates that the level of

employers

' supporting willingness decreased first and increased when

employees

were over their thirties. The percentage of learning for a

career

was highest when learners were under 26, at around 80%.

Then

the proportion decreased as the age increased. Only about 20% of

people

over 49 studied for a

career

.

However

, the pattern was the opposite with regard to studying for

career

purposes. Merely around 10% of students under 26 chose to study for interests, and the proportions continually went up as ages grew.

People

in their forties shared balanced views of reasons for learning. About 70% of

people

over 49 preferred to study for interests. From

employers

' perspectives, younger

employees

were more worthwhile to invest in.

Employees

under 26% could receive more than 60% support from

employers

.

Then

the proportion shrank for the older groups.

People

aged between 30 and 39 saw the lowest level of

employers

' support, with about 30%. After their forties,

employees

could be entitled to 50% of learning support by

employers

.