The bar chart illustrates the percentage of male and female employees of different ages and their youngest child’s age in the UK in 2008.
Overall, the percentage of female employees was higher than that of male in the core working groups, while the opposite was true in the oldest and youngest age group.
Looking at the first chart, 20% of male workers and 14% of female was represented in 16-25 age group. The number of men and women workers in 60+ group was 38% and 27% respectively, nearly doubled at that of the youngest groups. Both male employees aged 50-59 and female employees aged 26-34 made up 70% of their respective group. Plus, about 80% of female workers in 50-59-year-old and 62% male in 26-34 age group. 35-49 age group saw the highest proportion of workers in both genders, with 78% and 82% in male and female respectively.
Turning to the second chart, 60% of males and females had a child under 5 years old. While the figure for males whose youngest child was in 6-10,11-15,16-20 age groups was the same, around 75%, that of females ranged from 55% to 65% . Male and females were in their twenties took up approximately 70.