The bar graphs give information about the proportion of male and female students of various age brackets studying in Australia for full-time and part-time education in 2006.
Overall, far more female and male students were interested in pursuing part-time education, with young adults from both genders who studied for a part-time job making up nearly half of all students. It is also interesting to note that the age group of oldest students was the only group, the students of which were mainly interested in studying for a full-time occupation.
When it comes to students of the youngest age groups, it is noticeable that most of them were interested in studying for a part-time job. For example, whereas about 40 % of all students from the group of young adults were studying for a part-time job only 13% of students from the same age group were studying for full-time employment. Likewise, studying for a full-time job (about 7%)was not as popular as studying for a part-time job(about 15%) among students of the youngest age bracket.
Looking at the remaining age groups, however, it can be seen that studying for a part-time job also became more common. To illustrate, approximately the same proportion of female and male students( around 8%) from the age group of adults studied for both part-time and full-time jobs. Similarly, about 10% of students from the oldest age group studied for a full-time job, and about 7% of students from the same age bracket studied for a part-time job.