The image presents a bar graph detailing the post-school activities of 1,000 young individuals from 2008 to 2012. Overall, the graph mentions 3 choices people made: going to university, looking for work, and taking a temporary break from education, measured in individual, with each of them showing a different trend, with looking for work showing a noticeable decrease.
First of all, in 2008, those who looked for work took up most of what people did after leaving school, at 500. In contrast, only 200 went on a temporary break, the lowest of that year. There was a difference of 300 between these 2 for the year. However, the latest data in 2012 showed a much less polarizing figure / showed a more even distribution. People who chose to find a job were still the highest in number, at less than 400, yet they are only about 80 more than those on temporary break then, as there were more than 300 of them. For this year, though, the number of people going to university was at the bottom of the group, with only 300 students.
Furthermore, this group also was the only category with no change over the years, with a steady number/amount of 300 students at the beginning and the end, despite hitting a peak of 400 in 2010. On the other hand, people who looked for work after graduating went down, from 500 students in 2008 to about 380 in 2012.
Finally, the only group showing no fluctuations over time were those who took a temporary break from education, rising steadily over the years. On the opposite side, those who looked for work was at a peak in 2008, and then dropped continuously until 2010, when it showed no differences before rising again in 2012.