the bar chart compares the proportion of males and females having higher 
education
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qualifications
 in 5 particular nations in the year 2001.
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overall
, Linking Words
while
 the figure for Linking Words
women
 pursuing higher Use synonyms
education
 was higher than that of Use synonyms
men
 in the US and Germany, Japan, Switzerland and Britain followed an opposite pattern in the given period.
turning to the detail, Switzerland's Use synonyms
men
 took  higher Use synonyms
education
 accounted for 45%, which was slightly higher than the figure for Use synonyms
women
. Use synonyms
women
 got higher Use synonyms
education
 Use synonyms
qualifications
 in japan was only 20%, compared to over 25% males students. Use synonyms
additionally
, the percentage of Linking Words
men
 who had higher Use synonyms
qualifications
 reached 35%, Use synonyms
whereas
 the category of Linking Words
women
 was over a third.
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in contrast
, in the united states, the number of Linking Words
women
 who preferred getting higher Use synonyms
education
 made up 40%, in comparison with only 35% of Use synonyms
men
. The figure for females having higher Use synonyms
qualifications
 in Germany was far higher than its males. reaching 45%.Use synonyms