The table illustrates the proportion of lawyers choosing jobs in various fields in a particular nation from 2001 to 2015.
Overall, it is clear that the government was the most common industry chosen by both men and women during this period. In addition, the percentages of female lawyers in all fields, with the exception of others, were higher than those of men in the final year.
In 2001, the proportion of male lawyers choosing the government was 45%, which was higher than that of women, at 41%, and captured the highest figure among all fields. The same patterns could be seen in the others and private lawyers; the percentages of women working were higher than those of men, with 28% of women and 25% of men in the others, and 17% of female lawyers and 15% of male lawyers in the private lawyers, respectively. At the same time, the figure for males choosing business was as high as the data for females, at 14%.
In 2016, there was a slight decrease from 45% to 38% in the proportion of male lawyers choosing the government, while the data for women increased from 41% to 42%. Besides, an opposite trend could be seen in others, with the percentage of women falling from 28% to 16% and the figure for males rising from 26% to 29%, for each. Moreover, the percentages of female lawyers working in the private law sector and the business sector both increased to 21%, while there was a change in the figure for males in these industries, but remaining under 20% throughout this period.