The table below shows the results of a 20-year study into why adults in the UK attend arts events.

The table below shows the results of a 20-year study into why adults in the UK attend arts events.
IELTS Writing Task Chart for The table below shows the results of a 20-year study into why adults in the UK attend arts events.
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why British adults attend arts events, broken down into three time periods.
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, attending for the desire to see a specific artist was the most common reason throughout the given period,
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attending for work or business became the least popular in the earlier
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. In terms of the desire to see a specific performer, the proportion 20
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ago was larger than that of 10
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ago, at 58% and 55% respectively,
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figure increased marginally by one percentage point today. The proportion of people who mentioned accompanying children rose steadily from 9% twenty
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ago to 24%
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, twenty
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ago, the percentage of adults citing special occasions or celebrations accounted for 27%.
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share dropped to 20% ten
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ago and fell
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to 9% today, making it the least commonly cited reason at present. Meanwhile, the share of individuals who cited work or business as their main reason grew slightly from 6% to 11%, despite remaining one of the less common reasons.

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