The charts give information about employment in the UK in 1998 and 2012. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The pie chart illustrates the percentages of men and women in full-time and part-time employment in the UK in 1988 and 2012.

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, most people chose full-time

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rather than part-time

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. There were differences in the numbers of employees in the UK,

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the rate decreased for some categories,

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the

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of employees increased.

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the

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of men in full-time employment was the largest in both years. The ratio fell from 53% to 47% in 2012, but the

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of employees rose from 12,539 in 1988 to 13,794 in 2012.

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to the male workforce, the

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and percentage of women working

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increased, from 4,482 (19%) to 7,969 (26%) in 2012.

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, there was a slight increase from 1,550 (6%) people in 1988 to 2,131 (7%) in 2012 for men who worked part-time

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.

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, there was a slight decrease in the percentage, but an increase in the

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of women working in part-time

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, from 22% (5,268) in 1988 to 20% (5,979) in 2012.