Topic :

The bar chart below shows the most important causes of stress for different age groups in Canada.

Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

Topic analysis: 

– For exercises that combine more than 2 charts, candidates should divide the test into several sections, each section corresponding to a type of chart.

– For the type of questions that contain a timeline, candidates need to find trends that change over the years. There are usually 4 types of trends: 

+ Uptrend 

+ Downtrend 

+ The trend remains the same

+ Fluctuating trend (increase, decrease continuously) 

– Candidates need to determine the position (order) of each quantity mentioned in the lesson.

– Key notes: Major factors leading to stress in different age groups in Canada. 

– In the above question, we can easily see that most people aged 25-54 and over 75 said that they were stressed because of health problems and for no other reason. Meanwhile, lack of money and overwork were the main reasons given by the remaining age groups.

– In this type of essay, 2G suggests dividing the body into 2 paragraphs: Paragraph 1 will analyze the causes of stress due to health and for no reason. Paragraph 2 will analyze the causes of stress due to lack of money and heavy workload. 

Sample reference: 

In general, wellness issues and no apparent reason are the major causes to stress among those aged 25-54 and those aged over 75 while money inadequacy and overwork are mainly attributed to stress levels among the remaining age groups. 

Conspicuously, the majority of people aged 75 and over experiences stress for no particular reason, at 35. Meanwhile, the 65-74 age group registers a milder share of this problem, at 32%, almost doubling the corresponding figures for those aged 25- 54 and 55-64. A similar pattern across four age groups is witnessed is the wellbeing-related category, with the data of the two oldest groups exceeding that of the rest, 23 and 15 compared to 10 and 4 respectively. 

When it comes to money shortage and work burden, the greatest quantity is recorded in those aged 25-54 at 15 and 25, as against a mere number of 3 and 1 by those aged 75.

Reference vocabulary: 

– well-being : health (=health)

– health-related : related to health 

– contribute to : lead to, contribute

– be ascribed to : be attributed to

– be attributed to : be attributed to

– fundamental: basic, main (=primary) 

– factor : factor 

– work burden : work burden 

– overwork : overwork

– money inadequacy : lack of money

– age group : age group 

– experience : experience

– double : double 

– corresponding figure : corresponding figure 

– exceed : exceed 

CONCLUSION 

This is a suggested reference answer by 2G Education. 

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