The given table illustrates the employment statistics for both genders in New Zealand over a decade, between 1993 and 2003.
Overall
, the data clearly shows that services and transport took up the largest proportion of the male and female workforce after 10 years, Linking Words
whereas
construction was the industry with the lowest percentage.
Looking at the graph from a more detailed perspective, it can be seen that despite ranking first in 1993, the services and transport industry divided the workforce unevenly between females and males, as the rates were 53% and 22% respectively. These numbers were recalibrated more evenly in 2003 at 36% and 31%. Another industry with strong division is agriculture because there were 38% males working in Linking Words
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in 1993, Linking Words
while
the figure for females was 8%; Linking Words
however
, the average percentage was 7% in 2003. All three sectors, namely business, building, and social services, witnessed an increasing trend of employees in both genders, with the only exception being the 2% drop in male construction workers. Linking Words
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but not least, there were significantly fewer people working in manufacturing, since the number of females decreased by half, from 25% to 12%, whilst the figure for males rose by only a Linking Words
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per cent