The chart below gives information on the percentage of British people giving money to charity by age range for the years 1990 and 2010

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The chart below gives information on the percentage of British people giving money to charity by age range for the years 1990 and 2010.

The bar chart presents the proportion of British citizens in different ranges of age spent money for charitable donations in the years 1990 and 2010. Overall, there was a downward trend in the percentage of young people for charitable contributions while the opposite was true for the figure for the elderly.
In 1990, people belonging to 36-50 ages gave the highest amount of money for charity at 43%, followed by 30% in 26 -35 ages group and 17% in 18-25 ages group. In the next 20 years, the percentage of people from 36 to 50 and from 26 to 25 witnessed a gradual drop to 35% and 25% respectively. Interestingly, people aged 18-25 fell significantly to 7%, making up the lowest position in both years.
In 1990, 35% of people from 51 to 65 years old and 33% of people over 65 years old donated their money for charity. After 20 years, these figures climbed to 40% and 35%, which was seen at the top of charitable contributions.

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