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

The chart below shows the number of men and women in further education in

Britain in three periods and whether they were studying fulltime or part-time.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and

make comparisons where relevant.
The bar chart below illustrates the number of men and women participating in
further
study over a
30 year
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period and whether
this
was
full
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full-time
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time
or
part
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part-time
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time
education.
Overall
, the majority of both males and females were in
part
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time
education compared to full-
time
. Generally, the number of men in part-
time
study was more than the women. When analyzing the trend for part-
time
study, looking at the males, the highest figure was 1000 students in 1970. Over the
time
period
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this
dropped slightly to 900 before increasing to around 950 pupils in 1990. Interestingly, the females had the opposite trend. In 1970 there were 700 students,
this
increased slightly before there was a dramatic rise to around 1100 in 1990.
This
statistic is the highest figure for both genders.
On the other hand
, for full-
time
education
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the numbers are significantly lower than that
of
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part-
time
. For the boys, the statistic doubles over the 30 years to end up with 200 students. The lowest number belongs to the women of the group in 1970, which are around 10. Over the next 20
years
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years,
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there is a large increase with the statistic respectively being 190 and 210.
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