The line graphs represent data on the proportion of full and part-time employees of both genders in Australia over a 20-year period starting from 1973.
Overall, it can be seen that male had a tendency to work full-time, while females engaged in part-time and full-time jobs in a fairly similar pattern.
In 1993, while 23% of men aged 20 or under participated in part-time jobs, as they became 25 or older, they turned to full-time employment. About 85% of male from the 25-to-29 age bracket are full-time workers. This figure remained constant until they reached 50 years old, when 5% of them moved to part-time employment. After 65 years old, just under 10% of men continued to work full-time. The pattern in 1973 is nearly the same as that in 1993.
Regard female workers, the proportion of those from under 20 age group who work full-time in 1973 is doubled that in 1993. However, both figures reached their peaks at 60% when women turned 25. In contrast, female aged 30 and older tended to prefer part-time work: Most part-time female workers are from the 35-39 age bracket, accounted for 35% of total female part-time workers. Both full-time and part-time women employees gradually decline until they reached their retirement age at 65%. After that, just 5% of them still work part-time and only 1% of them still participated in full-time job.