The table depicts the proportion of workers across various sectors in one country, divided by gender, in years 1986, 1996, and 2006.
Overall, although the majority of male adults were employed in manufacturing in 1986, catering became the leading sector within the next 10 years, with this trend continuing until 2006. Notably, throughout the given time period, education consistently remained the most popular area of employment among women.
In detail, while nearly one third of the male workforce had jobs in the production of goods in the first year, other fields saw minimal engagement from men, ranging from 11% in banking to 16% in catering. However, in 1996, catering, banking, and manufacturing had nearly equal percentages of men, hovering around one fifth, whereas education only received a negligible increase of 1% from 13% previously. This pattern remain partially unchanged in 2006, with slight increments of 1% in both banking and education, and a drop of 4% to 17% in manufacturing.
Conversely, the share of women who worked as educators stood at one third at the beginning, closely followed by 26% in the service sector, which mostly stayed constant in all three years. In comparison, the former figure rose steadily by 2-3% every ten years. This stands in stark contrast to the total percentage of women employed in banking and manufacturing, which gradually declined from 30% initially to one fourth by the end.