The table provides data regarding the percentages of women and men working in different areas of employment in a specific country between 1986 and 2006.
It is clear that
the most popular areas among females were education and catering throughout the Linking Words
period
. For men, at the beginning of the Use synonyms
period
, the most frequently chosen one was the manufacturing industry, Use synonyms
whereas
, by the end of Linking Words
this
time, the highest popularity had catering and banking.
Focusing first on women, in 1986, 1 in 3 of them were employed in education, Linking Words
while
by the end of the Linking Words
period
, the figure increased to almost 40%. Approximately Use synonyms
one quarter
worked in catering throughout the Add a hyphen
one-quarter
period
. The percentage of those in manufacturing decreased from almost 20 to 5 per Use synonyms
cent
, Use synonyms
whereas
for banking, the proportion increased from nearly 10 to 20 per Linking Words
cent
.
As for men, in 1986, over 30% of them worked in the manufacturing industry, Use synonyms
whereas
by 2006, the figure almost halved. Linking Words
However
, the percentages for catering and banking rose from 15 to over 20 per Linking Words
cent
and from 10 to 20 per Use synonyms
cent
, respectively. Approximately 1 in 6 males were employed in education.Use synonyms