The chart below contains information provided by Australia's tertiary institutions about the percentage of male and female students who enrolled in different subjects in 1995.

The chart below contains information provided by Australia's tertiary institutions about the percentage of male and female students who enrolled in different subjects in 1995.
The bar graph compares the percentage of courses of study enrolled
according to
gender in Australia in the year 1995.
Overall
,
it is clear that
females held the highest proportion in Arts & Humanities, whilst males mainly participated in Engineering. Looking in detail, Arts & Humanities command the biggest share with just under a fifth being women. The second-most chosen subject was Health as 15% of females enrolled in
this
major. The remaining fields of study are Accounting & Economics, Education, Business Studies, Maths & Science, Computing, and Engineering saw a moderate decrease, which is approximately 11%, 10%, 9%, 7%, 4%, and 2%, respectively.
On the other hand
, males majorly constituted its ratio in Engineering, which was up to just below 20%. Arts, Human Studies, Maths, Sciences, Accounting, and Economics are similar in data and held the second place in the most studied courses by men, which are around 13% of all. The leftovers are Health, Education, Business, and Computing are
overall
less than a tenth.
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  • societal expectations
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  • caregiving roles
  • job market
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  • gender distribution
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  • workplace diversity
  • gender stereotypes
  • historical trends
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  • subjects
  • gender imbalance
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