This bar chart compares the number of men and women participating in further education in Britain in 1979/71,1980/81 and 1990/91, dividing between full-time and part-time study.
Overall, part-time education was clearly the most popular preference not only for women but also for men , in all three periods of time. While female attendance on studying part time peaked significantly, the number of male studying part-time slightly declined. Moreover, enrollment on studying full-time showed a steadily rose for both genders.
For female gender, participation in part-time education rose stably. Around 700 000 women studied in part-time education 1970/71 and in 1980/81 a slight increasing to about almost 850 000 after it climbed rapidly to above 1 million in 1990/91. Similarly, the number of women in full-time education grew notably from about 50,000 in the first period to around 200,000 in 1980/81, before reaching approximately 250,000 by 1990/91.
Among males, attendance to part-time education followed a fluctuating pace. Approximately 1 million men attended studied part-time in 1970/71, in 1980/81 this graph fell to about 850 000, before the growing slightly to 900 000. In comparison the number of the males who showed interest in full-time studies steadily rose from 100 000 in 1970/71, to reaching around 150 000 in 1980/81 and rising to almost 250 000 in 1990/91.
