The chart shows the different levels of post-school qualifications in Australia and the proportion of men amd women who held them in 1999. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The bar graph provides information about the various levels of post-school qualifications in Australia and the percentage of

men

and

women

who undertook them in the year 1999. In general, there are five levels of after-school qualifications : skilled vocational

diploma

, undergraduate

diploma

, bachelor's

degree

, postgraduate

diploma

and masters

degree

. It is conspicuous that out of the five former mentioned degrees, skilled vocational

diploma

, postgraduate

diploma

and master's

degree

were a popular choice among

men

comparatively.

In contrast

, the percentage of

women

holding an undergraduate

diploma

and a bachelor's

degree

was higher than that of

men

. 90% of

men

pursued a skilled vocational

degree

which accounts for the highest enrolment of

men

and lowest by their female counterparts. The proportion of

women

holding an undergraduate

diploma

was 70% which is twice of

men

.

On the contrary

, a higher participation of

men

was witnessed in the postgraduate

diploma

which was more than twice

of

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that of

women

.

Overall

, the percentage of males and females holding qualifications decreases as the level increases.