The graphs below show the numbers of male and female workers in 1975 and 1995 in several employment sectors of the Republic of Freedonia.

The graphs below show the numbers of male and female workers in 1975 and 1995 in several employment sectors of the Republic of Freedonia.
The diagrams compare the male and female employment status in six different
job
sectors
in two different years – 1975 and 1995. As is seen from the given illustration, men were well ahead of women in all the
job
sectors
in Freedonia in 1975.
However
, the scenario changed in 1995 and
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women
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employment scenario showed
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remarkable progress.
According to
the charts, men in Freedonia were visibly ahead of females in manufacturing, finance/banking, wholesale & retail trade, defence and non-defence
sectors
. In manufacturing, more than 600 male
employees
could be seen against only 300 female
employees
out of a thousand
employees
. Except in the communication
sector
, the proportion of male
employees
was far greater than that of females. Among the given
job
sectors
, the public /non-defence
sector
had the highest number of
employees
while
the defence
sector
had the least ratio of
employees
. After 20 years, women showed an outstanding advancement in these
job
sectors
and they went well ahead of men in
communication
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, wholesale & retail trade
sectors
. They become almost equal in number in finance and banking jobs
while
the gap between male and female
employees’
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number reduced in defence jobs. The only
sector
still dominated by
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male was manufacturing and the
job
ratio in
this
sector
remained almost the same as it was 20 years earlier.
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