The bar charts provide information about the proportion of males and females of four different age ranges who attended full-time and part-time classes in Australia in the year 2006.
Overall, the figures for women aged 15-19 and 20-24 choosing part-time education were higher than those of men of the same age groups, while the opposite was true for female students aged above 30. In addition, it is also noticeable that the widest disparity could be observed in the distribution of women aged 20-24.
Regarding the highest category for both genders, the percentages of male students aged 20-24 engaged in full-time and part-time classes were 12% and 40%, which were 1 percentage point and 2 percentage points lower than those of females, respectively. As for the youngest age group, 8% of men opted for full-time education, whereas 7% of women did. By contrast, the figure for female students who studied part-time education was 17%, which was 5 percentage points higher than the figure for males.
Looking at people aged 25-29, males and females shared the same data for part-time education at 8%; however, full-time classes recorded a narrow gap, with 8% and 6%, respectively. For the last category, while 12% female students attending part-time classes outweighed those who chose part-time classes by 100%, the figures for men were more balanced, with 8% of part-time students and 10% of full-time students.
