The chart below shows the number of men and women in further education in Britain in three periods and whether they were studying full-time or part-time. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The bar chart illustrates how many males and females

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studied full-time and part-time

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in the following years: 1970 to 1971, 1980 to 1981 and 1990 to 1991.

It is clear that

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in all three time ,periods more people of both sexes were involved in part-time

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than full-time.

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the

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of men in full-time

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rose from approximately 100

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to 200

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,

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the

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of men in part-time

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was lower in the early nineties than twenty years earlier. As far as women are concerned, the numbers increased in both sectors of

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. The

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of part-time female students increased dramatically from 700

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to 1.2 million in the twenty-year period. The amount of women in full-time

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went up more gradually from 100

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in 1971 to just over 200

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in 1991.

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was similar to the increase for full-time male students.

To sum up

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, the

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of women in both sectors increased significantly

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it seems that the rate of men entering part-time

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decreased a little and

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.