The table below shows employment patterns for males and females in New Zealand in 1993 and 2003. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The given table illustrates employment statistics for both genders in New Zealand over a decade, between 1993 and 2003.

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, it is conspicuous that men had the highest employment in the observed period, compared to women, except

the

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in the

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services. To

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with, among men, IT and farming were the leading sectors in 1993 at 80% and 75%, after 10

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both declined by ten percentage points to 70% and 65%. Building and manufacturing

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dropped from 68% to 60% and 55% to 52% respectively,

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commerce rose moderately from 45% to 50%. The most notable male change was in services , which almost tripled from 14% to 40%. Turning to women, services dominated in 1993

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. 85%, but fell sharply to 60% by 2003. Participation climbed in manufacturing, building,IT and farming by 3%, 8%, 10% and 5% respectively,

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commerce plummeted from 55% to 50%.