The charts illustrates the proportions of the main reasons for study across five distinct age groups and the support they got from employers.Overall, younger students tend to study for future career and less interesting to the field they study than the older students. Despite this, age group under 26 accounted for the largest percentage of Employer support receivers accros five age groups.
Over 60% of students aged under 26 study to get a good career in the future. However, this percentage became lower and lower throught the older age groups. Moreover, under 20% of people aged over 49 say career is their main reason for study, the lowest percentage among age groups considered.
On the other hand, approximately 10% of students aged under 26 study because of their interest. This figures slightly grow into around 15% in students aged 26 to 29. This growing trend continue until reach its peak in students aged more than 49, around 70% of this age group study because of their interest. Despite this, most of students aged under 26 get time of and fees from employers and half of students aged 26 to 29 also get the same treatment. The lowest percentage of age groups who get employers’ support is the ones aged 30 to 39, approximately 30%. However, this rate steadily increase paralel to the age of the group, under 40% for students aged 40 to 49 and over 40% for students aged over 49.