The line graph provides the comparison about the employment rate of Australian males and females devided into two age cohorts over the period of time, from 1975 to 2010.
It is clear from the chart that despite the fact that the larger share of men were employed at the beginning of the period than women, they had undergone a downward trend, whereas the percentage of their female counterparts employment rate was a complete reverse.
Based on the statistics, the percentage of the employment rate of the men aged 26-34 was the greatest, with the figure of about 92%, followed by the share of those who were aged 18-25, which stood at roughly 75% in the first supplied year. Then, both trends commenced to descend minimally until 1990, when there was a rapid drop and the former accounted for around 90%, while the figure of the latter made up nearly 70%. After this decline, they slightly recovered by 2%, yet the percentage of both younger and older males proceeded to go down and at the end of the period, the employment rate of the men aged 18-25 reached to just below 90% and those aged 26-34 constituted just below 70%.
To draw a comparison, the employment level of the women aged 18-25 was higher than that of 26-34, making up approximately 52%, compared to about 48% of the latter in 1975. Afterwards, both trends experienced a sharp growth and by 1995, after a minimal decrease, the share of the elder employees had reached to roughly 66%, outsripping the younger ones, with about 58%. In 2010, employment rate of the females at the age of 26-34 finished at nearly 80%, in comparison with those aged 18-25, which constituted around 63%.