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

The first bar chart demonstrates why people in different age groups choose to study, and the second one gives information about the amount of support from their employers.

As we can see from the top chart, there are two significant reasons for people to study—for career and interest, which have a negative correlation with the change of ages. About 80% of students who are younger than 26 study for better career development, while only 18% of those who are over 49 years old study for the same reason, with a huge drop following the increase of age. On the contrary, although just 10% of people under 26 studying for personal interest, about 70% of the elderly (over 49) work hard for that. It is interesting to note that the percentage of the two study reasons for the 40-49 age group are the same, with 40% for each.

In the bottom chart, it is noticeable that while the amount of support from employers decreases with the age getting older, from 26 (more than 60%) to 39 (31%), the number increases with the change of age, from over 40 years old (32%) to over 49 years old (42). Despite the slight rise of the support for people who are 30 to over 49 years old, the maximum amount of help from companies is in people’s 20s.