The graphs below show the percentage of men and women aged 60-64 who were employed in four counthies in 1970 and 2000. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant

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both genders aged 60-64 years old who were still being employed in Belgium, the USA, Japan and Australia for thirty years from 1970 to 2000.

Overall

,

it is clear that

the Japanese

elders

dominated the percentage over the

period

compared to the remaining countries,

while

the number of male working

elders

tend to

decrease

in all regions.

According to

the data, the Japanese men and women were the highest

proportion

in terms of working

elders

in both 1970 and 2000,

although

the rate

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decreased. For

males

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there were 85% in 1970 and declined to 74%

in

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thirty years later. The females,

however

, were at 43% in 1970 and experienced a slight

decrease

to 40%

at the end

of the

period

. Meanwhile, in Belgium, there

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a dramatic

decrease

in

proportion

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the proportion

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of working old males, from 79% in 1970 to 19% in 2000.

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women,

conversely

, experienced just

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%

decrease

over the thirty-year

period

.

Additionally

, the percentage of working

elders

in the USA and Australia showed a similar pattern. The

proportion

of male working

elders

decreased by respectively around 20% and 30%,

while

the females increased by around 3% and 2% throughout the

period

.