The chart below shows the different level of post-school qualifications in Australia and the proportion of men and women who held them in 1999.

The chart below shows the different level of post-school qualifications in Australia and the proportion of men and women who held them in 1999.
The bar graph provides information on the figure of males and females who held five levels of post-school qualifications in Australia in the year 1999, measured in percentages.
Overall
, men got the lion's share in skilled vocational diplomas, postgraduate diplomas, and master's degrees.
In contrast
, women have a higher portion of undergraduate diplomas and bachelor's degrees.
Firstly
, the skilled vocational diploma had the widest gap with male domination, leaving only one-tenth of the total percentage for the opposing gender.
Subsequently
, postgraduate recorded a 70 to 30 ratio for men and women respectively,
whereas
the latter gender who held a master's degree accounted for only two-thirds of the male group.
On the other hand
, the scale of the undergraduate credentials holders was the negation of postgraduate with the exception of a 5% difference for the minority group.
Lastly
, the bachelor's degree proportion had a tight gap where females took up half of the total percentage
while
males were approximately a mere five from the female ratio.
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