Task 1. The graphs below show the percentage of men and women aged 60-64 who were employed in four countries in 1970 and 2000. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

Task 1. The graphs below show the percentage of men and women aged 60-64 who were employed in four countries in 1970 and 2000.

Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
The two diagrams below indicate the differences in the percentage of 60-
64
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64-year-old
years
old men and women go to work in four countries in 2000 and 1970.
Overall
, in all four nations, the number of men in employment
always
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higher than women. In the men’s graph, workers had to work longer in 2000 than in 1970.
In contrast
, the work time of female employees
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fluctuated
steady
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between 1970 and 2000. As can be seen, in the male graph, Japan is the leading country of old employees in both
years
.
In addition
, Japan and the USA are two countries which have a noticeable rise in the percentage. After that Australia has a significant change of 30% over 30
years
.
Furthermore
, the number of elderly workers in Belgium has dramatically increased by 60%,
this
data is double in Australia.
However
, in the women’s graph, the change is minimal over the
years
.
It is clear that
Japan and the USA have the highest number of old women employees about 36-43%.
Moreover
, the lowest percentage in
this
diagram is Belgium and Australia, the information in the two countries is not over 20%.
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Vocabulary: The word "number of" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 3 times.

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • employment rate
  • percentage
  • aged 60-64
  • employed
  • country
  • comparison
  • trends
  • increase
  • decrease
  • significant changes
  • socio-economic factors
  • gender disparity
  • highest
  • lowest
  • dataset
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