The given chart compares data on the proportion of British citizens donating to charity, categorized into five distinct age groups between 1990 and 2010.
From a comprehensive viewpoint, the first three groups witnessed a significant downward trend, whereas the opposite was true for the two oldest groups. People aged 18-25 years old had the lowest percentage; in contrast, the group 36-50 years old had the highest proportion.
In 1990, the data for the 36-to-50-year-old group was the first rank with 42%. However, in the following two decades, its figure dropped substantially by 7%, securing the second position among the five surveyed groups. Similarly, the data in the 26-35 age group fell remarkably from 31% to 24%. The youngest group’s statistics was the lowest in both years, recording 17% in 1990 before diving to 7% in 2010.
Moving to the remaining groups, there was a considerable upturn in the figure of both groups. Specifically, the percentage of the 51-65 age group grew slightly from 35% to 39%, establishing itself as the first position in 2010. The proportion of the over 65 years old age group exhibited a less sharply upturn of 3%, reaching precisely the same figure as of the middle age group in 2010.