The bar chart gives information about how many males and females continued their full-time or part-time education in Britain in 1970/71, 1980/81, and 1990/91.
Overall, the majority of people choosed to continue their education studying full-time. Over time, the number of women in further education increased, while the figure for men whether fluctuated or rose.
At the beginning of the period, the number of men continued studying exceeded that of women, with values of roughly 1.000.000 men and just over 800.000 women in full-time education, while figures of students studying in part-time were ten times as low as that of in full-time. In 1980, the number of males in further full-time education decreased by approximately 100.000 people, compared to an increase by 110.000 women. Both variables in part-time education underwent an upward trend.
A greater difference between two sexes was observed by the end of the given period, when the number of women in further full-time study reached 1.100.000 people, whereas a figure for men was comsiderably under 1.000.000 people. In contrast, more men continued their part-time education in academic year 1990/91, exceeding that of women by nearly 20.000 people.