The line graph illustrates how many people engaged in five different types of work – sales, accounting, computing, nursing, and farming – in a specific region in Australia in 2001 and 2008. Overall, sales was the most preferred type of work among the others in both periods, while farming was recognized as the least preferred type of work among the others in both years. Also, the rest of the types of work showed almost equal numbers in both years.
Regarding sales and farming, they both showed an opposite figure. The former maintained a significant lead over the period; it was under 160,000 initially, increased to more than 160,000 in 2008, while the latter was the lowest over the period. In contrast, it saw a minimal decline from around 21,000 to about 19,000 between 2001 and 2008.
As for other preferred types of work, accounting experienced a significant decrease from 60,000 to about 59,000 between 2001 and 2008.. Interestingly, computing and nursing experienced a similar pattern, with both rising slightly. The former was approximately 50,000 in 2001, rose to about more than 60,000 in 2008, while the latter was nearly equal to the former in 2001. It went up to almost 60,000 in the second year.