The line graph below shows the percentage of Australians who were employed between 1976 and 2011 in four groups.

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, in 1975, the lowest trend of employers belonged to middle-aged women and teenagers in the time period,

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the men in that age group included the very high degrees as employers. As a graph shows, in 1976, almost 38% of middle-aged women were employed, but

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rate climbed rapidly to just under 80% in 2010. In terms of teenage girls, approximately 52% of them had a job

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increased steadily to around 62% by 2010.

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, the percentage of teenage men who had a profession was 75% in 1976

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it fell slightly to just under 70% in 2010. Regarding the trend of middle-aged men, almost 92% of them had

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personal work in 1976

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figure declined steadily to around 89% until 2010.