The charts below show the Australian school leavers did immedietly after leaving secondary school.

The three pie charts give data on how school leavers spent their time after finishing secondary school in 1980, 1990 and 2000.

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, the number of employed students was at the highest level,

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of unemployed ones

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was at the lowest. Regarding the number of employed school leavers, it was 40% in 1980.

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, there was a constant increase to 50% and 55% between decades. Obviously, 50% students kept on studying in 1980

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it declined by merely 1% in every decade, namely to 38% in 1990 and to 37% in 2000, respectively.

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, the unemployment rate among students fluctuated. In 1980, it was 10%, and there was a steady growth to 12% in 1990.

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figure witnessed a drop again to 8% in 2000%.