The bar chart compares the percentages of 5 five different subjects majored by both male college
students
with their female counterparts in Australia's tertiary institutions in 1995.
It is obvious that males were more inclined to major in science and engineering Use synonyms
whereas
subjects relating to arts and health were more favoured by females.
Approximately 18% of boys chose engineering as their major at university, which was 9 times as great as that of girls. The trend was the same for Linking Words
students
majoring in maths&sciences and computing, with 14%, 10% and 6%, 4% for both genders, respectively.
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By contrast
, 10% of females selected arts & Linking Words
humanities
as their majors, which, Correct word choice
and humanities
although
12% of male Linking Words
students
majored in it, was largely higher than their male counterparts. Use synonyms
Furthermore
, the proportion of boys majoring in health and education was 4% and 6%, Linking Words
while
the figures more than tripled and almost doubled for girls, at 15% and 10%, individually.
The gap for both genders studying business and accounting&economics was narrow , in which there were around 8% and 12% of either male or female Linking Words
students
selecting the two majors.Use synonyms
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