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The chart below illustrates the result of a British survey on the types of houses people 
liked, taken in 2005. Summarise the information given below and make comparisons 
where relevant.
The given column graph illustrates housing preferences among people who lived in the 
British cities of London, Oxford and Cambridge in the year 2005. Four types of houses are 
mentioned, such as flats, terraced houses, detached houses and semi-detached houses.
58% of Londoners listed ‘flats’ as their preferred living arrangement, a number much higher 
than its Oxford and Cambridge counterparts, at 29% and 20% respectively. Fondness of 
terraced housing was roughly equal between the three cities, all of which showed figures 
within the 16% to 19% range. However, a stark difference was seen among the figures 
representing people who preferred detached houses, with London at 9%, Oxford at 25% and 
Cambridge at 36%. 17% of people living in London in 2005 preferred semi-detached style of 
housing. Oxford and Cambridge, however, both had figures of 27%. 
Overall, people of London preferred flats and the people of Cambridge preferred detached 
houses.
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Housing preferences in the UK (2005)
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25.
 
The following graphs illustrate electronic gaming trends in South Korea in 2006. The 
first outlines gamer age groups and gender demographics. The second indicates game 
type preference. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main 
features and make comparisons where relevant. 
The given bar charts illustrate the trends of electronic gaming in South Korea in 2006. The 
first graph gives information about gamers’ age and gender, and the second compares 
gamers’ preferences for different types of games.
The first graph shows that there were more male gamers than female gamers in every single 
age group. Nearly half of all gamers (45%) were aged between 20 and 29 years, of which 35% 
were males and 10% were females. The second largest age group was of the 13 to 19 year 
olds, which made up 26% of all gamers. 14% gamers were younger than 12 years and15% 
gamers were older than 30 years. 
 
According to the second diagram around 50% of gamers rated role-playing games the most 
popular in marked contrast to simulation, which was liked by only 10%. Other games, which 
did not fit into the given four categories, had the least popularity. The preferences for 
strategy/turn based and action games, on the other hand, were almost similar. Just a little 
more than 20% of gamers preferred the former, where approximately 17% favoured the 
latter. 
 
From the bar graphs, one can conclude that far more males than females played electronic 
games, and role-playing was the top choice for game type in Korea, in 2006.