The chart below shows the different levels of post-school qualifications in Australia and the proportion of men and women who held them in 1999.

The aforementioned graph illustrates the rate of men and women that have different higher education qualifications in Australia in 1999.

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, what stands out from the figure is that there is a steep contrast in the different qualifications of the genders.

It is clear that

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males mainly had higher qualifications compared to females. It can be seen that men focused on achieving higher education

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women focused on achieving just the basic education. Most of the skills were possessed by males except for undergraduate diplomas and bachelor’s degrees. These credibilities were more popular amongst females. Approximately 70% had an undergraduate credential and 54% had a bachelor’s degree.

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, males with skilled vocational credentials were at roughly 90%, but females were eight times smaller.

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, 70% had a postgraduate diploma and 60% had a master’s degree.