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The chart below contains information provided by Australia's tertiary institutions about the percentage of male and female students who enrolled in different subjects in 1995.

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The bar chart compares the percentages of male and female
students
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 enrolled in eight different fields of study at Australian tertiary institutions in 1995.
Overall
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,
women
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 accounted for higher proportions of
students
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 in arts and humanities, health, education and business studies,
whereas
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men
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 were more strongly represented in accounting and economics, maths and sciences, computing and engineering. The highest female figure was recorded in arts and humanities,
while
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 engineering was by far the most popular field among male
students
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. Among the female-dominated subjects, arts and humanities had the largest proportion of
women
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, at approximately 19%, compared with around 13% for
men
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. An even wider gender gap was evident in health, where
women
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 made up about 15% of
students
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,
while
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 the corresponding figure for
men
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 was only 4%. Female participation was
also
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 higher in education and business studies, at roughly 10% and 9%, respectively, compared with about 6% and 8% for males.
By contrast
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,
men
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 outnumbered
women
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 proportionally in the remaining four subjects. Around 13% of male
students
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 studied accounting and economics, compared with approximately 11% of females. The gap was greater in maths and sciences, at about 14% versus 7%, and in computing, at roughly 10% compared with 4%. Engineering showed the most pronounced disparity
overall
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, with around 19% of males choosing
this
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 field, compared with only about 2% of females.

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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "overall, while".
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Vocabulary: Replace the words students, women, men with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "figure" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "compares" was used 6 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "figure" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "proportions" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "approximately" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "roughly" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "about" was used 4 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "around" was used 3 times.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • tertiary institutions
  • enrolment
  • engineering
  • information technology
  • nursing
  • gender roles
  • societal expectations
  • suitability
  • caregiving roles
  • job market
  • business studies
  • gender distribution
  • gender inclusion policies
  • workplace diversity
  • gender stereotypes
  • historical trends
  • percentages
  • subjects
  • gender imbalance
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