The pie charts illustrate the proportion of students at one adult education centre taking different courses offered in 1985 and this year.
Overall, the percentage of modern languages led the chart, while the reverse was true for music app in 1985. The figures for local history and music app were replaced by IT in this year and its share stands out as the dominant category. Notably, the proportion of fitness and dance remained unchanged from 1985 to this year.
The share of modern language was higher than fitness and dance in 1985, accounting for 24% and 22%, respectively. The former now demonstrated a sharp decline to 17%. The figure for dance and fitness remained unchanged with 22% by this year. Although the figure for art was the second preferable category, with 19%, it saw then a slight decrease to 15%.
In stark contrast, the percentage of cookery was lower than that of local history in 1985, standing at 14% and 15%, correspondingly. The shares of local history and music app fell out of favour with 15% and 8% in 1985, both figures then replaced by IT. The percentage of IT was highest compared to other categories, with 27%.
