The table illustrates the workers rate and separates them according to gender in different areas of labor in a specific country.
Overall, there was a notable increase in all employment categories among both genders during the surveyed period except for the manufacturing industry. Moreover, education was the most popular career among women, while manufacturing was favored considerably by men.
Regarding occupations for men, the lowest percentage was seen in banking with 11% workers in 1986 before witnessing a slight increase to 20% and 21% in 1996 and 2006, respectively. Education was the second least popular among men with the figure rising gradually from 13% to 15% in the interval period. Catering displayed a noteworthy increase from 16% to 22% between 1986 and 1996 and remained unchanged at this level in the next ten years. Conversely, the manufacturing industry indicated a decline with the initial percentage stood at 32%. This figure showed a gradual decrease to 21% in 1996 and reached its nadir of 17% in 2006.
As far as the career preferences of women are concerned, education portrayed a considerable dominance with 33% people chosen in 1986. This number remained a top choice while increasing slightly to 35% in 1996 and reaching its peak of 38% in 2006. Banking followed the same trend by rising steadily from 12% to 19% in the specific period. While catering showed a stability at 26% during the surveyed period, the proportion for the manufacturing industry displayed a significant decrease from 18% to 12% between 1986 and 1996 beforing declining continuously to reach its bottom of 6% in 2006.