The chart below shows the distribution of different income groups in cities and regional centres of Australia. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The bar chart illustrates the proportion of both

men

and

women

in the age group of 60-64 years who are still in

employment

in the years 1970 and 2000. The percentage of

employment

of

this

age group is taken in Australia, Japan, the USA and

Belgium

. In the first bar graph which is specifically for

men

aged 60-64, there has been a significant decrease in

employment

rates in 2000 compared to 1970. Japan has the highest rate of

men

employed in both 1970 and 2000

whereas

USA

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and

Belgium

have the lowest rate in the years 1990 and 2000 respectively.

Belgium

however

, shows a drastic decrease from 79 aged

men

employed in 1970 to 19

men

of the same category. In the second bar graph, it shows the ratio of

women

aged 60-64 in

employment

. Here, Australia and the USA have increased

employment

rates in 2000 in

comparsion

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comparison

of

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1970.

Belgium

has a lesser proportion of

women

employed, being just 8

women

in 1970 to 7

women

in 2000. Japan, again shows the highest rate of

employment

in 1970 but decreases slightly in 2000.