The given bar chart illustrates the figures for proportion of British inhabitants in various age groups who donated money to charity between 1920 and 2010 .
Overall , it can be seen that a greater percentage of people in middle age contributed financially to charity while the opposite was true for people in young age . Additionally , the quantity of donators in 1990 was more significant than that in 2010 .
In the three first age groups , the amount of money which was given to volunteer organizations by people in 36-50 years old , was the highest at over 40% in both years whereas that in 18-25 years old was the lowest at nearly 20% . By 2010 it was witnessed that there was a considerable decrease in the number of contributor in the mentioned group , declining 30% to 5% for 26-35 age group , 40% to 35% for 36-50 age group , over 15% to approximately 7% .
In the two final age groups , the proportion of British donator in 51-65 age group increase slightly from 35% in 1990 to nearly 40% in 2010 . Furthermore , the percentage of people who donated to charity over 65 years old in both years is less than that of people in 51-65 age group . Additionally , the figure for them increased by 5% to exactly 35% .