The three pie charts compare the choices made by young
people
in Australia after finishing secondary school in 1980, 1990 and 2000.
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Overall
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it is clear that
the proportion of school leavers who entered employment increased dramatically throughout the period, Linking Words
while
the percentages of those who pursued Linking Words
further
education or remained unemployed showed a slight decline.
In 1980, the highest proportion of young Linking Words
people
was unemployed, at exactly 50 per Use synonyms
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while
those who were employed accounted for 40 per Linking Words
cent
. The remaining 10 per Use synonyms
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chose to continue with future education. These proportions showed a noticeable change after ten years. Use synonyms
For instance
, the percentage of teenagers who were unemployed fell dramatically from 50 per Linking Words
cent
to 38 per Use synonyms
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However
, the figure for young Linking Words
people
who had a job showed a slight increase, reaching 50 per Use synonyms
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, and the share of teenagers who selected Use synonyms
further
study rose marginally to 2 per Linking Words
cent
.
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In addition
, the share of employed young Linking Words
people
continued to rise gradually, Use synonyms
whereas
the figures for both unemployment and future education dropped noticeably in 2000.Linking Words