The bar chart compares the proportion of people using mobile
phones
across different Use synonyms
age
groups in a particular country between 1998 and 2000. Use synonyms
Overall
, Linking Words
although
individuals aged 16-30 remained the dominant users of mobile Linking Words
phones
, their Use synonyms
usage
rate gradually declined over the period. Use synonyms
Similarly
, a slight downward trend was observed among those aged 31-50. Linking Words
In contrast
, mobile Linking Words
Use synonyms
phones
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phone
usage
increased steadily among the youngest (<15) and oldest (50+) Use synonyms
age
groups, Use synonyms
although
a significant gap in Linking Words
usage
remained between them and the middle-aged categories.
In 1998, the 16-30 Use synonyms
age
Use synonyms
group
had the highest mobile Use synonyms
Use synonyms
phones
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phone
usage
, accounting for 53%, followed by the 31-50 Use synonyms
group
at 41%. By 1999, their figures had dropped to 45% and 39%, respectively, and Use synonyms
further
decreased in 2000 to 44% and 37%, maintaining a relatively close gap throughout the years.
Meanwhile, Linking Words
usage
among people aged under 15 stood at just 2% in 1998, the lowest of all categories, Use synonyms
while
the 50+ Linking Words
age
Use synonyms
group
accounted for 4%. Both groups saw their mobile Use synonyms
usage
double to 8% in 1999. By 2000, the under-15 Use synonyms
age
Use synonyms
group
Use synonyms
saw
had risen slightly to 9%, Verb problem
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while
the oldest category reached 10%.Linking Words