The bar chart compares the number of male and female participants in further education in Britain over three different time indicating whether they were studying part-time or full-time.
Overall, part-time education gained more popularity than full-time studies for both male and female throughout the period, while full-time studies showed a slight decline before recovering the number of women studying particularily part-time, increased steadily and eventually surpassed that of men.
Regarding male participation, part-time education consistently accounted for the largest proportion over the three year period. In 1970/71, approximately 1000 men had enrolled in part-time courses, compared to only around 100 studying full-time. However the number of men in part-time education decline to about 900 in 1980/81 before rising slightly to 950 in 1990/91. Meanwhile, the full-time enrollment among males increased steadily over the same period , climbing from about 100 in 1970/71 to around 200 in 1980/81 and reaching approximately 300 by 1990/91.