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The pie charts compare the shares of 9 different sources of rubbish thrown away in an unrecognized country in the years 1960 and 2011.

Overall, more paper garbage and the waste from textiles were taken away in the first year, while food leftovers and plastic waste contributed significantly to the total waste elimination in 2011 . It is particularly noteworthy that much less wood waste was eliminated previously, compared to the opposite trend in the share of other pollutants. Nonetheless, no visible differences were observed in the proportions of metal, glass, and green waste, removed during those years.

According to the first chart, paper trash used to be the largest figure which was disposed of, making up a quarter of the entire disposed of materials in 1990. It was followed by waste coming from textiles with 17%, whereas the figures for food and other materials were equally 12% . Meanwhile, each of eliminated plastic, metal and green waste comprised nearly 10% of overall removed waste with an advantage of the last one, while glass and wood made up only 5% and 4% of that garbage.

In contrast to 1960, the data for 2011 shows significant shifts in the percentages of wastes. In more detail, reductions of 10% and 6% in the shares of paper and textile waste were recorded until that year, whereas the rates for food and plastic garbage rose to 21% and 18%, surpassing the initially dominant figures. Notably, the proportion of wood waste saw a twofold increase to 8%, whereas the shares of other pollutants declined to 4% in 2011. However, the percentages of disposed glass, metal, and green waste remained almost the same with the metal waste share increasing by only 1%.

The pie charts compare the shares of 5 different reasons behind the migration of people to and from an unspecified European country in the year 2009.

Overall, more foreigners migrated to that country whether for their accompanies & family or definite job while a majority of emigrants left their country for ready work and other reasons. It is also noteworthy that more people emigrated in order to study and look for a job compared to immigrants, whereas the lowest proportion of both immigrants and emigrants visited or left that country without any reasons.

According to the first chart, more individuals in 2009, immigrated to the European country for their family members or partners whose percentage was around 25%. This figure was closely followed by the share of those with a ready job offer (23%), while just 7% of immigrants relocated the country without a specific purpose in that year. Among the immigrant, notably, the proportions of students, job-seekers, and those with other reasons were 15% each, correspondingly.

Conversely, much fewer people moved to another country because of their family, while the rate for the others leaving their country for a certain job was quite higher, the shares of which were 15% and 38%, respectively. Meanwhile, about 13% and 23% of people chose to emigrate for the purpose of finding a new job and other causes, whereas only 7% and 4% of those individuals went abroad to study and no apparent reason.

The pie charts provides data on 5 different means of transport regarding their usage by people attending one university in the years 2004 and 2009.

Overall, cars, previously standing as the main mode of transport for those travelers, were used less frequently in 2009, while buses became more common, surpassing the figure for cars in the end. It is also noteworthy that cycling gained significant popularity among university attendees in 2009, whereas no noticeable changes were observed in the rates for train and walking.

As it can be seen from the charts, over a half of people (51%) used to travel to university by car in 2004, which was a leading figure at that time. This figure was followed by buses, the share of which was around 33% in that year. Meanwhile, riding bicycles on the way to university accounted for nearly 9% of the whole transport use, whereas the figures for train and walking were only 3% and 4%.

In contrast to 2004, the data for 2009 shows significant shifts in transport preferences. In more detail, there was a drop of 23% in the use of cars, while people started using buses more widely, the proportion of which rose to 46%, exceeding the figure for cars. Similarly, the percentage of people cycling to university almost doubled in the second year, while travelling by train and on foot experienced a minimal increase to 4% and 6%, respectively.

The pie chart compares the shares of 5 different resources used for producing energy in an unspecified in the years 1995 and 2005.

Overall, the country mostly relied on coal and gas in order to produce energy in those years with the former remaining the main source. Additionally, more nuclear and other resources in 2005 were used compared to the ones in 1995, whereas the opposite was true for petrol.

In 1995, coal, gas, and petrol were primary resources in electricity generation with coal sharing a slightly higher proportion. In more detail, the percentage of coal used to generate energy was 29.80% while the figures for gas and petrol were 29.63% and 29.27%. By contrast, nuclear and other resources had smaller shares in the manufacture of electricity (6.40% and 4.90%).

In the second year, the percentage of petrol in energy supply dropped surprisingly by around 10%, while the rates for gas and coal rose to approximately 30.31% and 30.93%, respectively, with the latter remaining the dominant resource. In a similar manner, nuclear and other sources saw an increase in their shares, accounting for about 10.10% and 9.10% of total energy generation in 2005.

The bar chart compares the percentages of Canadian boys and girls in terms of 4 different favourite leisure activities they had in 2010.

Overall, shopping was the highest figure as a favourite free time activity among boys while it was the lowest among girls. It is also important to note that more boys were engaged in sports and computer games than girls, while the shares of both genders were the same in music.

As it can be clearly seen from the chart, around a third of of boys liked to spend time shopping, the highest percentage to be reported in the chart, whereas just 5% of girls preferred this activity at that time. As expected, more boys than girls loved sports and found them as a favourite hobby ( about 25% and 10%).

Aside from this, nearly 15% of girls played computer games in their free time while the figure for boys approximately 17%. Notably, there was no disparity in the rates for both genders who spent time listening to music accounting for almost 20% of each.

The bar chart provides data on the share of males, females and children in the United Kingdom regarding their daily intake of five fruit and vegetable portion over the course of 8 years starting in 2001.

Overall, all three categories followed an upward trend over the years with continuously more women consuming fruit and vegetables than men and children. It is also worth mentioning that the proportion of the youngest consumers remained the lowest during the entire span, while there was a minimal decline in all figures at the end of the period.

As it can be seen from the chart, increasingly more women consumed five units of fruits and vegetables per day since the beginning of the period. Unlike men and children, whose percentages remained stable at approximately 17% and 12% during the first three years, the proportion of women rose rapidly from over 21% in 2001 to around 27% in 2003. The following year, the shares of men and children started rising significantly and reached 23% and 17%, while the rate for women increased slightly to 30%.

In 2005, those three categories exhibited a consistent increase with women still staying at the top of the chart. In more details, nearly one-third of all females in the UK followed a daily diet of 5 fruits and vegetable portions, while the figures for males and young consumers were roughly 24% and 18%. In 2006, the proportion of women with these dietary habits reached a peak of 35% before declining to around 30 by the end of the period. Meanwhile, there was a rise in the rate for men and children to about 27% and 24%, respectively, with the former seeing almost no change in the last 2 years. In a similar manner, the percentage of children had maintained nearly the same by 2008 with the exception of a moderate rise in 2007.

The bar chart compares the percentages of males and females in Australia in terms of 6 different working hours they had.

Overall, a majority of men and women worked between 30 and 50 hours per week with the former’s showing the highest figure in the whole chart. It is also worth mentioning that males who worked 60-80 hours weekly, showed a similar advantage as opposed to females, while a reverse trend was true for those who worked fewer than 20 hours. However, smaller proportions of both genders worked similarly over 80 hours on a weekly basis.

People in Australia, both men and women worked mostly 30-50 hours with an advantage of men in contrast to other groups with different working hours. Specifically, nearly 45% of men spent over 30 hours on average at work while the figure for women was around 35%. In a similar manner, the percentage of male workers spending more than 60 hours a week accounted for about 30%, twice as high as the rate for women.

By contrast, more women in this country worked under 20 hours per week compared to men. In more detail, only 5% of men worked 10 hours or less which was 3 times lower than that of women. As expected, approximately 22% of women worked from 10 to 20 hours each week with an advantage of roughly 10% over men, whereas equally 10% of both men and women dedicated over 80 hours a week to work.

The bar chart compares two different age groups in the United States demonstrating their average daily hours allocated to 6 leisure and sports activities in 2015.

Overall, both the young and elderly people spent comparatively more hours watching TV per day compared to the other free-time activities, with the latter showing larger numbers in that year. Additionally, relaxing, thinking, and reading were favoured activities among the adults, while computer games and physical exercises, including sport and recreation were quite popular among teenagers. Notably, both groups spent almost an equal amount of time communicating on a daily basis with slight superiority of the youngsters.

In 2015, people under 19 in the US dedicated nearly 2.5 hours to watching TV, while the adults recorded the highest figure in this chart, watching TV for approximately 4.5 hours daily. However, those teenagers engaged more in sports and using computers for leisure as opposed to adults, spending over an hour and 30 minutes, respectively. As expected, older adults spent significantly less time on these activities: about 0.5 hours on computer use for leisure and less than 15 minutes on sports and recreation.

Adults, by contrast, showed a greater preference for thinking, relaxing, and reading than teenagers in that year. In more detail, the latter devoted slightly over 5 minutes to relaxation and 10-11 minutes to reading, whereas the figures for the former were approximately 35 minutes and 60 minutes, correspondingly. Socializing, nevertheless, was the only activity, nearly bringing these two groups in line with each other with those over 15 spending slightly more time at around 48 minutes per day on this activity.