Take a look at the graphic and complete the task. The table and chart show data from a survey of library users. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

The diagrams below illustrate a study on

people

using the

library

by

age

.

Overall

,

it is clear that

the

people

in the ranges 16-17 years made the most use of the

library

,

while

those in the

age

category of 25-29 visited the

place

the least. The

library

was used mainly for 3 purposes, namely, for

research

, to borrow

books

and to borrow newspapers. The majority of

people

were interested in

research

.

On the other hand

, the survey showed that reading newspapers was not so popular. 72% of candidates between the

ages

16 and 17 used the

library

, making it in the first position, followed by those in the

ages

18-24 and 25-29 with only 58% and 54% respectively. Those between the

ages

16-17

also

made up most of the

people

who used help from the librarian (43%),

while

only 19% of those between 25-29 years got help, even though 74% of them knew the

library

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an important

place

.

Although

only 27% of those between 18 and 24 took help from the librarian, they occupy the second

place

for those who think the

library

is important (63%). The

library

was mainly used for the purpose of doing

research

. More than 50% of those in the

ages

16 and 17 visited the

library

for

research

and half of them in

this

age

category used the

library

to borrow

books

as well.

This

was the

age

group who were least interested in reading newspapers as only 20% of them preferred to read the paper. Those in the

ages

18-24 were

also

mostly interested in using the

place

for

research

with over 40% of them in second

place

. Just above 20% of them were interested in reading the paper,

while

nearly 40% preferred reading

books

. The young adults between 25 and 29 years made up the least number of

people

in all 3 sections, whether it be

research

,

books

or the newspaper, where just over 40% were interested in

research

and 23% were fond of reading the paper.