The bar 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.

The bar 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.
The provided bar chart depicts information on the
donation
rate
of British
people
between 1990 and 2010 by
age
range.
Overall
, in 1990 British
people
experienced a downward trend,
while
the bar charts for 2010 showed an upward trend. Both the 1990 and 2010
donation
graphs have some fluctuations. In 1990, the
rate
of charity donations in the
age
group
of 36-50
years
old was about 43 per
cent
, which is the highest percentage of other groups. Next is a
group
of 51-65
years
old 35 per
cent
followed by a
group
of 65
years
old or above was approximately 32 per
cent
, the
group
of 26-35
years
old was around 31 per
cent
and the
group
of teenagers was about 17 per
cent
consecutively. In 2010, the trend of
donation
to charity has changed. The bar chart shows that the highest
rate
of
donation
is
people
aged 51-65 which has increased to around 38 per
cent
. For the
people
65
years
old or above was slightly increased to 35 per
cent
,
while
the
group
of
age
36-50
years
old
rate
significantly decreased from 43 per
cent
in 1990 to 35 per
cent
. Following by the
group
of
people
in
age
year 26-35 was rocketed decrease to about 24 per
cent
and the
last
group
that the
donation
rate
had significantly decreased is the
group
of 18-25 year old was around just 6 per
cent
.
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