Band 6+: You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The chart below gives information on the percentage of British people giving money to charity by age range for the years 1990 and 2010. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The bar graph displays data on the number of british nationals by age donating funds for charity in the year 1990 and 2010.

Overall, The number of british people making donations rose drastically from age 18-50 in the year 1990 then it dropped in the subsequent ages untill above 65 years while in 2010 it peaked at the ages of 51-65 then a slight decline in above 65 years.

To begin on, slightly above 15% of british nationals of the age 18-25 donated money in the year 1990, a drastic increase for age group 26-35 to about 30% in the same year, while those fo ages 36-50 contributed the highest amout then a slight decline to 35% of ages 51-65 and slightly above 30% for above 65 years. On the other hand, the year 2010 recorded a lowest number of contributors for ages 18-25 at slightly above 5%, then a drastic rise to close to 25%, 35% for age group 26-35 and 36-50 respectively. Age group 51-65 recorded the highest number of contributors at close to 40% and a slight decline to 35% in above 65 years.