The combination bar graphs display the percentage of elderly males and females in occupation in Belgium, the USA, Japan and Australia between 1970 and 2000.
Overall
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it is clear that
rates for both women and men in elderly-aged declined in all four countries over the period. Linking Words
Additionally
, the employment rates for men are higher than women in both years.
In 1970, the highest rate for men was in Japan by 85%, Linking Words
secondly
in Belgium by 79% and it is predicted to fall in 2000 from 79% to 19%.
For women, Japan is significantly more than other countries by nearly two-fifths per cent , and in Belgium, it stayed almost the same between 1970 and 2000, by 8% and 7%
In summary, there is a significant decline in occupation rent for males and females in all four different countriesLinking Words