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

The bar charts illustrate the principal reasons for going to study among students, broken up by age,

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the proportion of support they received at work.

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the vast majority of young people went to study for their professional development,

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older ones did it for interest.

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, the highest level of support was offered to people under 30. Focusing first on the main factors making citizens

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go to study, for 60 to 80% of those aged under 40, the principal objective of going to a university was their career,

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only 10 to 30% preferred education for interest. With regard to students between 40 and 49, the percentage of each reason was 50%,

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by far 70 % of people over 49, do

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for their own interest, as opposed to 50% fewer of those preferring

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approach for professional

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. As for the level of help which specific age groups receive from the companies they work in, 50 to 65% of

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employees

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their 20s were supported by their employers,

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for those over 30, the corresponding figure fluctuated between 35 to 45%.