The table elucidates how the proportion of lawyers seeking for jobs in distinct industries in a particular nation during the year 2001 and 2016.
Holistically, it can be explicitly observed that the highest percentage of lawyers decided to work for the government, while business was the least prevalent option among lawyers. Additionally, it is worth noting that the proportion of female lawyers was greater than male lawyer in most sectors, with the exception of government in 2001 and others in 2016.
Upon initial examination, government registered the biggest ratio of legal counsels in both genders with male (45%) and female (41%) in 2001. With respect to other choices, the figure for male lawyers was 26%, which was slightly higher than female’s statistic. Likewise, there was not great disparity between the rate of male and female lawyers having a job as private lawyers with 15% of male and 17% of female. Regarding business, the figure for both sexes was the same at 14%.
Shifting focus to the remaining categories, government still possessed the biggest proportion of in both genders in 2016. Moreover, the data of male in other choices was 29%, which was marginally higher than female’s statistic. There was not discrepancy between both sexes in private lawyers. Furthermore, around 21% of female solicitors choosing jobs in business, compared to 14% of male barristers during the year 2016.