The given charts demonstrate the proportions of secondary school graduates’ actions in Australia in the years 1980, 1990, and 2000.
In general, most young people started working after leaving school in all three periods. Further education was also preferable to employment in some years, whereas almost the same rates were experienced for unemployment.
Turning to the rates of working graduates, the highest proportion was shown in 2000, accounting for 55%. It remained the most popular choice in 1990 as well and formed half of all young people. However, in 1980, at 40%, it gave way to further education, which accounted for one-half of the proportion. In contrast, the rest of the periods showed lower results for graduates continuing their studies, building up to 38% for 1990 and 37% for 2000 respectively. Unemployment rates were quite low, but the lowest percentage was in the year 2000 at 8%, then 1980 followed it at 10%, and the highest rate comparatively for unemployed youth was in 1990 at 12%.
