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.

The bar chart illustrates the number of male and female

students

in full-time and part-time studies respectively in

further

education in Britain in three different time periods, namely 1970/71, 1980/81, and 1990/91.

Overall

, part-time education accounted for the majority of the population, both men and women in all years.

In contrast

to the number of full-time

students

, which had been less than 300 thousand in all categories, that of part-time

students

had maintained at least 700,000 each time. Another point to note is that the male population of part-time

students

fluctuated over time

while

that of full-time

students

doubled from about 100,000 to 150,000, and to over 200,000. In detail, there were approximately a million men in part-time schooling in 1970/71, but the figure decreased to nearly 0.9 million in 1980/81, followed by a slight increase a decade later.

Finally

, the number of female

students

in both part-time and full-time schooling experienced a continuous growth in the 20 years.

Moreover

, the female population in part-time witnessed a significant rise from about 750,000 to over 800,000, and to 1,100,000, which was approximately 1.5 times the figure at the start.

However

, only a small increase from about 50,000 to over 200,000 was seen in full-time.