The given bar chart illustrates the proportions of all men and women working for different sectors in the UK in 2005. In general, the figure for male workers was higher than those of female workers, except sales and customer service, administrative and secretarial, personal service, and associate professional and technical. Men accounted for a higher proportion of workers in skilled trades, whereas women were more strongly represented in administrative and secretarial work.
Looking at the male-dominated occupations, skilled men traders accounted for the largest percentage at 20 percent, while the proportion of women working for skilled trades was the lowest at around 2 percent. A similar pattern was observed in managers and senior officials and professionals, where men outnumbered women( 18 percent compared to 11 percent), ( 14 percent to 11 percent), respectively. Notably, the employment of male workers by process, plant and machine operatives occupations was six times as much as those of female workers. In addition, the gap between men and women working for elementary was the most narrow, with 12 percent for men and 11 percent for women.
On the other hand, women were prominent in administrative and secretarial roles with 22 percent, followed by associate professional and technical with 15 percent. The employment of female workers by personal service occupations ranked third with around 14 percent, while the figure for sales and customer service was 12 percent. The percentage of male workers in associate professional and technical was approximately 13 percent, while the remaining 3 sectors represented from 5 percent downward.