The pie chart illustrates the employment rate in the UK in 1988 and in 2012 dividing the population by sex and type of contract, either full-time or part-time.
In 1988 the men that worked full-time were more than 12.5 million, representing approximately half of the workforce in the UK, specifically 53%. In 2012 they had increased in number, being almost 14m, though they noticeably decreased in percentage, representing the 47% of the total employment in the country. On the other hand, in 1988 men that had part-time jobs were only over 1m, the 6%, increasing both in number and percentage in 2012, reaching more than 2m, that is the 7%.
Female full-time workers significantly increased from more than 4m, the 19%, to almost 8m, the 26%. Instead, females that work part-time went from 5.2m in 1988, just the 22% of the whole employment, to almost 6m, the 7%.
Overall, in 2022 the gap between male and female workers decreased, while the difference between full-time and part-time contracts does not change, full-time jobs remain the most widespread.