The table shows sources of student income over a ten-year period in the United Kingdom. Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information shown below.

The table depicts the percentage of

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income

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in the United Kingdom from

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loans, parental contributions, grants, earnings and others over a ten-year period from 1988/89 to 1998/99. It is noticeable that all

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per year of students witnessed slight increases. Parental contributions and grants,

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, were by far the most widespread revenue sources for students. From the outset of 1988/, the proportion of

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from grants was highest, accounting for about 38%, which was roughly 6% higher than that of parental contribution, after which the former remained steady until 1992/93, before decreasing sharply to nearly 14% in the final year,

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the latter witnessed a sudden decline to around 16% in 1998/99. Commencing from 1988, approximately 6% of

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came from earnings, compared to roughly 24% of the figure for other

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in 1988/99.

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, there was a rapid rise to about 14% in the level of earnings, at which point it dropped slightly to nearly 12% in 1998/99. A downward trajectory to around 21% was seen in the share of other sources but

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went up to almost 34% in 1998/99. Another striking feature is that the statistics for

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loans were not present in 1988/89, following which the number grew to 24% in 1998/99.