The flow charts illustrate the percentage of Australian secondary students who graduated were in one of three statuses: unemployed, employed or further education during three years 1980, 1990, and 2000.
Overall, it is obvious that the school graduates who were employed had an upward trend from 1980 to 2000 and hit the highest number at the end of the period. Besides, the proportions of the pupils who finished their secondary education were unemployed or had further education had downward trends.
At the beginning of the period, the employed students who had graduated from secondary school accounted for relatively high data, which was 40%. Over 10 years, that proportion rose significantly to 50% before increasing to the number of 55% in 2000.
According to the charts, the graduates from middle school who were unemployed had a remarkably low proportion at first which accounted for only 10%. After a decade, it rose slightly to 12% before ending up with the lowest percentage which was 8% in 2000. Following this, the proportion of students who had the tendency to continue with further education after graduating secondary school started with a considerably high data, which was a half of the total, 50%. Until 1990, the number suddenly decreased by 12%, which was barely 3 times higher than that of those who were unemployed before reaching 37% at the end of the period.