The provided table illustrates the percentages of male and female lawyers choosing jobs in various fields in a particular nation between 2001 and 2016.
Overall, Private Lawyer and Business were more and more commonly chosen in popularity were the two most commonly chosen majors while the opposite was the case for the two other industries. In addition, Government was the highest choice than other industries.
Looking first at the two fields that saw increases, 15% males and 17% females chose to be Private Lawyers in 2001, respectively, after which both figures witnessed a slight rise by 4% in 2016. Likewise, the figure for males was on the same level with that for females, with 14% in 2001. Then, the former stayed constant at 14% in 2016 while the latter increased to 21% during the same time frame.
As for the remaining fields, The percentage of males choosing to work in business was much higher than that of females, with 45% and 41% in 2001, respectively. Then, a drop to 38% was recorded in the figure for males while that for females increased by 1% in 2016. By contrast, the difference between the figures for males and females was considerable, with the former being 26%, 2% lower than the latter. Then, the figure for males rose to 29% whereas the latter showed a significant drop to 19% in 2016.