The data presents the proportion of male and female students of different generations who did their full time and part time education in Australia in the year 2006.
Overall, it was shown in the graph that 20 to 24 year olds of both gender had a higher percentage in the part time education. While in contrast of full time education, they had a lesser proportion throughout the age range of 15 to 29.
In both charts, the 20 – 24 age category was recorded to be the most highest percentage out of all age group, with females reaching the highest number of 42% in part time studies compared to males with a nominal of 40% in the same category. Furthermore, the youngest group (15 – 19) also had a significant difference in part time enrolment, with a numer of 17% for females and 12% for males. In contrast with the age of 25 and over (30+), it was noticable that they prefered full time over part time education, both gender making up less than 20% of the part time student group in each sex.
A pattern could be seen when comparing the two different types of education. It was seen that the age group of 15 to 24 prefered more in part time enrolment rather than full time with a percentage less than 20 in both genders. Compared to older groups such as 25 and above, the numbers for full time education had a increase in contrast with part time studies.