The bar chart illustrates the proportion of working hours per week by two genders in Australia in 2007.
Overall, most Australian people worked 34-36 hours per week, while only few people need working over 60 hours. However, the percentage of working hours in men was higher than women.
In details, below 3% of male employees and 5% of female employees worked below 20 hours weekly, which was the opposite trend in over 60 hours, at 5% in man and 2% in women. The working hours in 24-26 had extremally distinguish in both sexes, accounting for 18% in women and 8% in men. By contrast, it had similar percentage of working hours for 30-32 hours in two genders, at 14% in men and 16% in women.
In addition, employees working for 34-36 hours, 40-42 hours and 44-50 hours per week showed same pattern in men and women, with the men higher than women, but they decreased with time. The working hours between 34-36 weekly in men accounted for 26%, then dropped to 23% in 40-42 hours and reached 19% in 44-50 hours. Moreover, in women, the proportion of working hours experienced a decrease with time, declining from t 22% of 34-36 hours to 14% of 44-50 hours.