Band 6+: The bar chart below shows the employment of all male and female workers by occupation in the UK in the year 2005. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The bar chart given below illustrates the percentage of all male and female employees in the UK in 2005.

Overall, in 9 occupation types mentioned, men were more dominant than women in skilled trades; managers and senior officials; professional; associate professional and technical; process, plant and machine operatives and elementary. Women were more common in sales and customer service; administrative and secretarial and personal service.

As seen from the bar chart, most of the men tended to work in skilled trades and managers and senior officials with 20% and 18% respectively. The next areas men engaged with a rather similar percentage were professional and associate professional and technical ranging from 12-14%. Sales and customer service and administrative and secretarial were two occupation types with exactly similar rates with 5%. The least attractive job for men was personal service with only 2%.

Regarding the women’s choice of occupation, the most popular occupation for women was administrative and secretarial with 22%. Initially, the next two most suitable areas for women were associate professional and technical and personal service with 15% and 14% respectively. The proportion of process, plant and machine operatives chosen by women was the least with only 2%.

In conclusion, the areas where most men were involved were the least attractive to women whereas jobs that were engaged more by women were less preferred by men. The preference of occupation types was highly different for men and women.