The bar chart provides information about the proportion of Canadian residents who donated their money to charitable institutions, divided by five age groups in 2000 and 2015.
Overall
, the brackets of ages from 18 to 49 Linking Words
years
old showed decent decreases , Use synonyms
whereas
the remaining two age groups , which indicate the older populations, experienced increases in the figures over the period of 15 Linking Words
years
.
To start with, in 2000, people aged 35 to 49 accounted for the highest proportion of all, at almost 40%, which was about twice that of the group with 18 to 24 Use synonyms
years
old. Use synonyms
However
, in 2015, the two brackets(25 to 34 and 35 to 49) saw less than 5% declines in the number. Linking Words
In contrast
, the youngest team made up a one-fifth proportion in 2000, halving its number from 20% to 10% within 5 Linking Words
years
. Use synonyms
This
group still stayed at the lowest of all in the given Linking Words
years
.
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On the other hand
, regarding the older generations in 2000, the age group from 50 to 64 showed the same percentage as that of people from 35 to 49 in 2015. Linking Words
However
, the middle-aged team saw a climb, resulting in becoming the highest of all in 2015. Linking Words
Similarly
, the oldest one Linking Words
also
experienced a 3% increase in 5 Linking Words
years
, becoming the second highest of all.Use synonyms