The chart illustrates the amount of male and female in further training in UK in 1970/71,1980/81 and 1990/91 and in case they were learning full time and part-time.
Overall,more men attended further education than women,even though the number of women increased substantially over the given period.Moreover the preference of both sexes for full-time education has risen throughout the years.
Regarding part-time continuing education 1000 thousand males took part in 1970/71 while the following years this figure decreased ending at nearly 900 thousand in 1990/91.Alternatively,women in 1970/71 had just under 800 thousand attendees,rising extensively to around 1100 thousand by 1990/91.
In the area of full-time further training,a similar pattern is witnessed for both genders,where the number of students more than doubled for men and quadrupled for women.In 1970/71 about 100 thousand male were in higher education,on the contrary about half of that statistic was true for female.From this point onwards,the number of students experienced considerable improvement for both sexes,reaching more than 200 thousand for people of all genders.