The bar graphs illustrate the percentage of employed females and males of different age groups, while the other chart shows the average age of the employee’s youngest child for both genders in the UK in the year 2008.
Overall, females between the ages of 35 and 49 made up the largest share of the workforce compared to the other age groups and gender, while males of the same age group had the highest employment rate. Regarding the age of their youngest child, three age groups, 6 to 10, 11 to 15 and 16 to 20 shared similar figures for the children of male employees, whereas women mainly had children averaging between 21 and 25 years old.
35 to 49 year old females made up nearly 80% of the workforce, recording the greatest figure. Females between 50 and 59 years old had a very subtly less employment rate compared to the previous age group, as well as 26 to 34 year old women who had a relativelt smaller figure at about 70%. Females 60 and above had an employment rate just below 30%, while ages 16 to 25 had the lowest levels of employment at around 15%. Males saw a similar pattern however with smaller figures in general.
Males had the most children between 6 and 10, 11 and 15 and 16 and 20 as the average age of their youngest child at approximately 75%. Ages 21-25 showed a slightly smaller figure, while 0 to 5 year olds made up roughly 60%. Females followed a decreasing pattern starting from 21 to 25 year olds with the largest figure and ending at 6 to 10 year olds with the lowest share, while 0 to 5 year old children shared a similar figure to the average age of the youngest child for males.