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The graph below shows a comparison between the unemployment rate and the number of people leaving Ireland from 1988 to 2008. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The graph below shows a comparison between the unemployment rate and the number of people leaving Ireland from 1988 to 2008. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
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The graph shows information about
correlation
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the correlation
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of
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between
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 the percentage of
people
 without
the
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apply
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work and the number of
people
, who left Ireland, over a twenty-year period between 1988 and 2008.
Overall
, what stands out from the graph is that
maximum
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the maximum
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 points for both considered categories were in 1988, and the number of fluctuations led to the almost lowest
percent
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percentage
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 of citizens with no work
at
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in
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 the
last
 year on the graph. Looking at the details, as regards the unemployment curve, there was a sharp fall from 17% to around 12% in 1990 and
subsequent
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a subsequent
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 rise to approximately 15% in 1992.
After
this
point
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point,
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 the line declined steadily until it gained its minimum of around 5% in 2004.
Then
 the
slightly
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 rise finished the analysis of the rate at 6%. If we look at the line which
is describing
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describes
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another
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other
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 information, the trend was almost similar till 2004, with
sharp
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a sharp
the sharp
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 drop from around 65,000 in 1988 to 35,000
people
 in 1992.
Then
 after several variations, which lasted for 10 years, there was a significant increase in the number of
people
 leaving Ireland,
that
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which
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 reached approximately 55,000 in 2008.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words people with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: Rephrase the word "shows" in your introduction.
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Vocabulary: The word "graph" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "information" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "number of" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "rise" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "approximately" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "almost" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "around" was used 3 times.
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