The bar charts depict the number of males and females who have a full-time education course or part-time education course in three different periods of 2-years.
Overall, it is evident that only the figure for men and women who attend full-time is significantly higher than the figure for people who did not . Notably, the number of males studying full time had a dominant position throughout the years.
Regarding men, the number of people who studied full time experienced a fluctuation throughout the years. From 1970 to 1971, men having a full-time education course held the highest share, accounting for nearly 1000 million people. However, it underwent a slight decline, decreasing to about 850 people in the next period. Finally, it then recovered to approximately 900 million men in 1990/91. In contrast, the figure of males spending full-time for education saw a modest growth. In 1970/71, its number was about 100 million people. But in the last period, the number had risen to 200 million men.
Turning to women, both of the figures displayed a similar tendency. In 1970/71, the number of women having a full time education course was about 700 million people, significantly higher than females who did not. After that, its number grew modestly to nearly 800 million women. Besides that, the number of women who studied part-time also saw a substantial increase, soaring to about 200 people in 1980/81. Finally, the number of women studying part-time reached a peak of 1100 people in 1990/91, while the figure for females did not just slightly increase to more than 200 people.