The bar chart provides information about the proportion of three library usages across three age groups, whereas the table presents their experiences in 2012.
In general, the library intents usage differed among age groups, as people in 16-17 age range mostly used the library for researching and borrowing books, while those aged 25-29 mainly borrowed newspaper. Additionally, their experiences with the library also varied.
Regarding the bar chart, it is evident that people in the youngest age group were the most frequent library users, in terms of researching and borrowing books, while those were in the oldest age group mainly used the library for newspaper. Approximately 55% of people in 16-17 age range visited the library to research, which was the highest among only about 45% of those aged 18-24 and 40% of people in 25-29 age group. Similar pattern was observed in visiting library for borrowing books, with 50% of people in the youngest age group, which outnumbered two other age ranges with much lower usage. In contrast, the demand of using library for borrowing newspaper was the highest in the oldest age group with around 25%, compared to only 20% of those aged 16-17 and about 21% recorded in 18-24 age range.
The rate of library general usage was the highest in 16-17 age group (72%), compared to much lower data recorded in 18-24 (58%) and 25-29 (54%) age range. Similarly, people aged 16-17 (43%) mostly required assistance from librarian , while the demands was much lower in older age ranges. Conversely, people aged 16-17 didn’t value the library as only 54% of them thought it’s important, which was much lower than 74% of those in the oldest age group and 64% of people in 18-24 age range.