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C4 Test3

The chart below shows the different levels of post-school qualifications in Australia and the proportion of men and women who held them in 1999.

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The given chart gives information about five different types of post-school qualifications in Australia and the percentage of men and women who held them in 1999.

Overall, women’s education level was generally lower than that of men in Australia. There were more men than women who held a skilled vocational diploma, a postgraduate diploma and a master’s degree, while there were more women who held an undergraduate diploma and a bachelor’s degree.

The highest difference in percentage was seen in the group of people who held a skilled vocational diploma. There wee significantly more men holding a skilled vocational diploma than women. Only 10% of those who had a skilled vocational diploma were women, and 90% were men. Simillarly, there were more male postgraduates and master graduates than female ones. 70% of postgraduate diploma holders were men, and 60% of those who had a master’s degree were men.
There were more female undergraduates than male ones. 70% of undergraduates and bachelor’s degree holders were women. 30% of those who had a postgraduate diploma were women, and 40% of those who had a master’s degree were women.

C5 Test2

The charts below show the main reasons for study among students of different age groups and the amount of support they received from employers.

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The given charts gives information regarding the motivations behind study among students of various age groups and the level of support they received from their employers. Employer support is measured by time off and help with fees.

Overall, the younger the students are, the more likely they are studying for career. By contrast, the older they get, the more likely they are studying for interest. Employer’s support is the highest with students under the age of 26, and lowest with students aged between 30 to 39.

80% of those aged under 26 are studying for career. This percentage decreases as the age of students goes up. There are less than 20% of the students aged over 49 studying for career. This trend is reversed when it comes to students who study for interest. There are only 10% of students aged under 26 studying for interest. The percentage rises as the student age. Among those aged over 49, 70% of them study for interest. There are as many students who study for career as students who study for interest among the age group 40 to 49, with a percentage at a little above 40%.

Students under 26 get the highest level of employer support. Level of support decreases as students age. Students aged between 30 to 39 only get half the amount of support of those received by students under 26. However, the amount of support slowly rises when students’ age goes beyond 40 years old. Students aged between 40 to 49 get more support than those aged between 30 to 39, and those aged over 49 get even more, but the amount never exceeds that received by those under 26.

C6 Test4

The charts below give information about USA marriage and divorce rates between 1970 and 2000, and the marital status of adult Americans in two of the years.

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The given charts illustrate America’s marriage and divorce rates from 1970 to 2000, as well as the marital status of adult Americans in 1970 and 2000.

Overall, number of marriages decreased over the time period given, while number of divorces increased in 1980 and decreased to its original amount by 2000. In both 1970 and 2000, most American adults were married but there were slightly more marriages in 1970 than in 2000. The group who never married ranked the second, followed by the widowed population and then the divorced population.

There were 2.5 million marriages in America in both 1970 and 1980, then the number decreased to 2 million in 2000. There were 1 million divorces in America in 1970, and then the number rose to something close to 1.5 million in 1980. However, the number of divorce dropped in the following years and by 2000 there were 1 million divorces, same as 1970.

In 1970, married Americans took up 70% of the population. Those who never married were about 15% of the population. The widowed population accounted for less than 10% of the population and the divorced population was even less. In 2000, the married population’s percentage dropped to a little less than 60%. The second highest percentage was still the group who never married, but its percentage increased to 20%. The widowed population in 2000 decreased a little, while the divorced population increased a little, but both not exceeding 10% of the population.

C7 Test3

The chart below shows information about changes in average house prices in five different cities between 1990 and 2002 compared with the average house prices in 1989.

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The given pie charts give information regarding the electricity production by fuel source in Australia and France in 1980 and 2000 respectively.

Overall, coal was the major fuel source in Australia in both 1980 and 2000, while nuclear power was the major fuel source in France in 2000. The electricity production in France in 1980 was roughly evenly distributed among four fuel types with hydro power being the only type that had a much smaller proportion.

In Australia, the percentage taken up by coal increased a lot in 2000 where coal took up around 75% of all electricity production. Electricity produced by hydro power increased a little from 20 units in 1980 to 36 units in 2000. The percentage of natural gas and oil reduced dramatically to only 2 units.

In France, coal, oil, and natural gas were the three main fuel sources in 1980. The smallest proportion was found in hydro power in 1980. In 2000, the proportions of natural gas and hydro power both shrank to 2 units. The percentage of coal and oil remain roughly the same at 25 units, while nuclear power increased dramatically to take up almost 75% of all electricity produced.

C9 Test2

The chart below shows the total number of minutes (in billions) of telephone calls in the UK, divided into three categories, from 1995—2002.

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The chart gives information about the total time spend in billions of minutes on three different types of phone calls in the UK from 1995 to 2002. In general, local calls were the most popular and national and international calls came the second. However, while mobiles and national and international calls experienced a rapid and steady increase from 1995 to 2002, local calls decreased since 1999.

The amount of local call was 70 billion minutes in 1995, which is almost doubled the amount of national and international call that was around 35 billion minutes only. The local calls hit its highest in 1999 by reaching 90 billion minutes, then decreased by 5 billion minutes in the next year and dropped to around 70 billion minutes in 2002.

Though the number of minutes for national and international calls were only half of the number of local calls in 1995, it gradually increased by around 10 billion minutes within 2 years and climbed up to 60 billion minutes in 2002.

The most significant change located in the rise of mobiles calls. It started with less than 5 billion minutes in 1995, increased gradually to around 15 billion minutes in 1999, then grow dramatically to 25 billion minutes in 2000. It almost doubled its amount in the year after and reached over 45 billion minutes in 2002.

C10 Test3

The charts below show what UK graduate and postgraduate students who did not go into full-time work did after leaving college in 2008.

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The bar charts compare British graduate and postgraduate students with regard to their employment situation after leaving universities in 2008.

Overall, it can be seen that most students from the two mentioned groups chose to study further after graduating. It is also noticeable that compared with graduate students, there were more undergraduates working part-timely.

In terms of graduate students, a dominant part of them devoted themselves to further study, with a figure being 29,655, followed by those who decided to undertake part- time job and be unemployed (respectively 17,735 and 16,235), whereas merely 3500 of the UK graduates did voluntary work after leaving universities.

When it comes to undergraduate students, those who went on studying after graduating was still the overwhelming part, reaching 2725 and nevertheless, the number of undergraduates choosing to do part-time work was only approximately 200 less than the figure of further study, namely 2535. Further, the volume of the students who did not possess a job and were volunteers were separately 1625 and 345.

C12 Test1

The bar chart below shows the percentage of Australian men and women in different age groups who did regular physical activity in 2010.

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The bar chart given displays the information about the percentage of men and women in Australia who participated in physical activity regularly in 2010, and the subjects are divided into six age groups ranging from 15 to 65 years old and over.

Generally, there were more Australian women who did physical activity regularly in 2010 than men across all age groups except for the age group that is people aged from 15 to 24. The highest difference in percentage occurred in the age group 35 to 44 - there were 13% more physically active people in the female population than in the male population, whilst there was only a minimal difference between men and women aged 65 and above. In the age group 35 to 44, there are 52.5% female population that did physical activity regularly but only 39.5% men who did the same. In the age group 65 and above, there are 46.7% men and 47.1% women who did physical activity regularly. There were significantly more women aged from 45 to 54 that did physical activity regularly than the men in the same age group, and the age group that ranged from 25 to 34 and the one ranged from 55 to 64 saw the same pattern as well.

In addition, women aged from 45 to 54 were the most physically active female population - 53.3% of the subjects were physically active, where men aged from 15 to 24 were the most active with a percentage at 52.8%. The group of people aged from 15 to 24 were the only anomaly in the data, where men in this age group were a lot more physically active than their female counterparts.

C12 Test3

The chart below shows how frequently people in the USA ate in fast food restaurants between 2003 and 2013.

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The given chart gives the information about the frequency of US people going to fast food restaurants from 2003 to 2013. The data is measured in percentage and is divided into three parts, which are those in the year of 2003, 2006, and 2013. Frequencies are described in six levels, which are every day, sacral times a week, once a week, once or twice a month, a few times a year and never.

Overall, most people in the US went to fast food restaurants once a week or once or twice a month. The second highest percentage was seen in the group who went to fast food restaurant several times a week and the third highest was seen in the group who went to fast food restaurant a few times a year. People who had fast food every day had the least percentage, and people who never went to fast food restaurant ranked the second lowest among all groups. The layout of percentages was almost the same across the three recorded years but there were also some differences. For example, in 2003 and 2006, over 30% of the population frequented fast food restaurants once a week, but in 2013, this frequency held less percentage. In 2013, the highest percentage, also a little over 30%, was seen in the group who visited fast food restaurants once or twice a month.

The group who went to fast food restaurants several times a week had a percentage that ranged from 15% to 20% over the given time period, with the highest percentage being in 2006. The group who went to fast food restaurants a few times a year had a slightly less percentage that ranged from around 13% to 15%. Both the groups that went to fast food restaurants every day and the group that never went to fast food restaurants had percentages less than 5%, except for the people in 2003 who never went to fast food restaurants which reached a percentage of 5%.

C13 Test2

The chart below shows the percentage of households in owned and rented accommodation in England and Wales between 1918 and 2011.

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The given chart shows the percentage of owned and rented households in England and Wales from the year 1918 to 2011.

Overall, there were significantly more rented accommodation than owned ones in England and Wales before 1971, and the trend reversed after 1971. In the year of 1971, the percentage of owned households equaled that of rented households.

Before 1971, the percentage of owned households were steadily increasing from a little above 20% in the year of 1918 to over 40% in the year of 1961. By contrast, the percentage of rented households steadily decreased from 1918 to 1961, thereby reducing the gap between the percentage of owned and rented accommodation. At first, the percentage of rented households was about triple that of the owned ones, reaching near 80% while owned households were at a little over 20%. By 1961, the percentage of rented households were a little less than 60%, while that of owned households reached 40%.

After 1971, the percentage of owned households increased slightly until 2011 when it saw a small decrease again. The trend for rented households was the exact opposite. The percentage of rented households started to decrease since 1981 and only in 2011 saw a slight increase. The percentage for rented households never exceeded 40% after 1971, whilst that for owned households never exceeded 70%.

C13 Test3

The bar chart below shows the top ten countries for the production and consumption of electricity in 2014.

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The bar chart compares ten countries in terms of the electricity production and consumption (measured in billions of kilowatts per hour) in a selected year.

Overall, it can be seen that in 2014, China was regarded as the biggest producer and consumer of electricity. It is also noticeable that apart from Germany, all the nations produced more electricity than they utilized.

To be specific, China and USA produced and consumed much more electricity than their counterparts. Their electricity production were approximately 5400 billion kWh and their electricity consumption lied in round 4100 billion kWh. Additionally, Russian, Japan and India occupied the following positions, with production ranging from 871 to 1057 billion kWh and utilization from 698.8 to 1038 billion kWh.

Canada, France, Brazil, Germany and Korean. Rep made up the last 5 places, among which Germany’s electricity usage exceeded its production, being at 582.5 billion kWh and 526.6 kWh respectively.

C15 Test1

The chart below shows the results of a survey about people’s coffee and tea buying and drinking habits in five Australian cities.

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The given chart provides the results of a survey that asks about consumers’ coffee and tea buying and drinking habits from five Australian cities. Consumers’ habits are divided into three categories, which are those that purchased fresh coffee, those that purchased instant coffee, and those that went to a cafe for coffee or tea in the last four weeks.

Overall, those went to a cafe to have tea or coffee comprise the majority of the surveyed population in all five cities, while those who bought fresh coffee in the last four weeks comprise the smallest proportion in all five cities. Sydney, Melbourne and Hobart have the most coffee and tea drinkers, whilst Brisbane and Adelaide have a relatively smaller percentage of coffee and tea consumers. In addition, there are significantly more people going to the cafe than those who purchased fresh coffee across all five cities.

In terms of the group of people who consumed coffee or tea in a cafe, Melbourne has the highest proportion, with Hobart and Sydney having a slightly less percentage, all of which slightly above 60%. A similar pattern can be found with the number of people who bought fresh coffee in the last four weeks, but with Sydney having the highest percentage that is almost 45%, Melbourne and Hobart slightly lower than that. In contrast, Brisbane and Adelaide have lower percentages in regards to these two categories of coffee or drinkers.

In terms of the category of consumer that purchased instant coffee in the last four weeks, Hobart and Brisbane have the highest percentages, around 53%. Adelaide and Melbourne’s percentage of instant coffee drinkers are slight lower, and Sydney has the lowest percentage of around 44%
in this category.

C17 Test3

The chart below gives information about how families in one country spent their weekly income in 1968 and in 2018.

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The bar chart compares 1968 and 2018 with regard to their average weekly spending by household in a selected country.

Overall, it can be seen that citizens spent most on food in 1968, while 50 years later, leisure accounted for the largest proportion. It is also noticeable that the figure for household goods was the same in both years.

In the year of 1968, families paid most for food and by contrast, this figure dropped dramatically from 35% to 17% in the following 50 years. Also, households reduced their spending on fuel and power, clothing and footware and personal goods in the mentioned period, respectively from 7% to 4%, 10% to 5 and 8% to 4%. Further, identical percentage, namely 8%, could be found for household goods in 1968 and 2018.

Most money, with a percentage of 22%, was spent on leisure in the year of 2018, while it represented merely 9% 1968. Moreover, the proportion of money spent on housing and transport soared in the 50 years(separately by 9% and 6%).

OG T1P1

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 examines the levels of donation among people of different ages in Britain.
Overall, a greater percentage of British people gave money to charity in 1990 than in 2010. However, across the two years, the pattern differs before and after the age of 50.

In 1990.42% of the 36-50 age-group made charitable donations, and this figure is the highest on the chart.The 18-25s contributed the least at only 17%. By 2010, these figures had fallen significantly to 35% and 7% respectively. The level of donations from the 26-35 age-group also experienced a decrease in 2010 from 31% to 24%.

While donations up to the age of 50 declined across the two years, they rose among the 51-65 age-group from 35% to nearly 40%, which was the highest percentage for 2010.The figure for the over 65s was lower than this, at 35%, but it was still a little higher than the 1990 figure of 32%.

OG T4P1

The chart below gives information about Southland’s main exports in 2000, *20.., and future projections for 2025.

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This bar chart illustrates the performance of Southland’s primary exports in 2000 and 2013.It also indicates future projections for 2025.According to the data, it seems likely that international tourism will become the dominant industry,although dairy exports will remain strong. In 2000, we can see that tourism was the greatest exports earner of the three industries, with revenue standing at just over £8 billion.This figure has increased slightly, so that now, in 2013, it has reached almost £9 billion. It is estimated that international tourism will continue to grow, so that by 2025, it will be earning around £l0 billion for the country. In 2000, dairy exports were worth around £7 billion, but since then there has been a dramatic increase, and sales for this year are approximately £10 billion. Experts are predicting that exports in this area may fall slightly, so a figure of £9.5 billion is expected for 2025. Meat products are the third key industry in Southland, but sales have dropped since 2000 and now stand at £5.5 billion.It is expected that sales will continue to decrease in the future.

OG T8P1

The chart below shows the annual number of rentals and sales (in various formats) of films from a particular store between 2002 and 2011.

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The number of rentals and sales in various formats of films,between 2002 and 2011 in a particular store has changed a lot. Sometimes it has been very low and sometimes very high.The number of rental since 2002.has been decreasing every year.Comparing the number of rentals in 2002 with 2011,it ‘s possible noticing that in 2002 it was about 180,000 rentals against approximately 55,000 in 2011. In regarding the number of VHS sales, comparing the period between 2002 and 2005,it has happened as well. In 2002 the number of VHS sales was about 85,000 sales, against 65,000 in 2003,40,000 in 2004 and about 10.000 sales in 2005.After that time, this store stopped to sale VHS.By another side, the number of DVD sales grew up between 2002 and 2007, from approximately 45,000 in 2002,more than 100,000 in 2003, to more than 200,000 in 2007.However,since 2008, it has been going down slightly.In 2011this number was less than 180,000.

The number of Blu-Ray sales has started since 2007 and it has growing up slowly. In 2007 it was nowhere near as significant as DVD sales but I guess it will grow up drastically in a few years. Actually the number of DVD sales is still very higher than another products in that place.