You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The charts below show the percentages of men and women aged 60-64 in employment in four countries in 1970 and 2000 Summaries the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparison where relevant. You should write at least 150 words.

the graphs illustrate the difference in the

employment

rate

in four countries between men and

women

in the range of age 60 and 64 within two accounted years: 1970 and 2000.

Overall

,

while

in the 1970s, there was little difference in the

employment

rates in the four countries in the men

sector

but more fluctuation in the

women

sector

, in the 2000s, the male

sector

had

also

witness a fluctuation occurred mainly by a significant dwindling of the

employment

rate

.

Firstly

, in the man

sector

, Japan had the highest

employment

rate

in 1997 with 84%, more than 10%, 5% and 11% than Austarlia,

Belgium

and the US, respectively. The same occured with the Japanese

women

's

employment

rate

of 43%, but the difference was more significant: more than 35% and 25% in Australia and

Belgium

, respectively.

Nevertheless

,

while

such

trends still occurred in the

women

sector

in 2000 - with Australia and the US increasing by 1% and 2%, and Japan and

Belgium

decreasing by 3% and 1% - the men's

sector

in 2000 had decreased significantly: a lost of 80% and 33% in

Belgium

and Australia, respectively.