The bar chart illustrates the proportion of male and female academic staff members in distinct faculties, namely arts, astronomy, history, engineering, law, medicine, and science, of a specific university in the year 2008.
Overall, it can be seen that in arts, history, and medicine departments, the percentage of females was higher than that of males. However, in astronomy, engineering, law, and science departments, males dominated the chart.
In arts department, males accounted for nearly 45%, whereas females had a relatively higher figure of approximately 55%. Similarly, in history and medicine departments, females amounted to almost 70% and 50%, while males stood at about 30% and 48%, respectively.
By contrast, the biggest disparity was in the engineering category, where males made up about 90%, in contrast to females at nearly 10%. Likewise, in astronomy, law, and science categories males constituted roughly 65%, 60%, and 66%, whereas females amounted to approximately 36%, 40%, and 34%, respectively.