The bar chart illustrates the comparison of individuals in the UK without any qualifications by age and sex in 2009. Overall, the age bracket of 50-59/64 years old men and women did not have any qualifications, accounting for the highest rate on the chart. While the younger generation, at 17-19 years old, stayed at the lowest rank.
Regarding men, the ratio of males without any academic level was highest at the age of 50-59/64, with around 17%. The number was slightly lower in the age bracket of men between 40 and 49 years old, at 10%. The rate continuously declined in the afterward age groups; the groups of 20 to 39-years-old males with no qualification had only around 8 percent; lastly, the youngest generation, from 17 to 19 years old, was around 7%.
Moving on to the females, the group of 50-59/64 years old women who did not have any qualifications outpaced the five remaining age brackets, reaching its peak at 20 percent. While around 12% of females in the age bracket of 40-49 who had no qualification. The percentage declined by 4% in both age groups of females at 25-29 and 30-39. The only two age groups with the lowest rate of women with no qualification were the 20-24 and 17-19 age brackets; the percentage was 7% and 6%, respectively. In addition, the oldest’s rate in both men and women was nearly four times that of the youngest’s rate.