The table illustrates the proportion of male and female workforce in varieties of disciplines in one country in three years: 1986, 1996 and 2006.
In general, the most notable figure was seen in the Catering for women, when the figure remained unchanged among three years. Another striking tendency is the decline in the Manufacturing Industry for both sexes. The remaining sectors also experienced growth, though the pace of increase varied significantly between them.
While the proportion of Male workers rose in three categories (Catering, Education, Banking), these trends are observed in two areas of employment (Banking, Education) in their female counterparts. For Education, the proportion of Men employees increased slightly, from 13% in 1986 to 15% in 2006. Likewise, the percentage of Women labour in the same sector showed a clearer increase, which is a rise from 33% in 1986 to 38% in 2006, making education the dominant field for women throughout the period. In terms of Banking, the percentage of female workforce saw a consistent rise by roughly 3% in three years, climbing by 7% and ending at 19%. More noticeably, the proportion of their Male counterparts soared by 9% in three given years, which is as three times as the rising record percentage for them, from just 11% in 1986 to 21% in 2006. In Catering, the figures grew from 16% in 1986 to 22% in 1996, after which it remained stable until 2006. Meanwhile, the percentage of women working in this sector remained perfectly constant at 26% throughout the entire twenty-year period.
Finally, the Manufacturing Industry was the only sector to witness a downward trend for both genders. In 1986, this was the most popular sector for men, accounting for nearly a third of the workforce (32%). However, this figure dropped significantly to 21% in 1996 and continued to fall to 17% in 2006. Similarly, the proportion of women employed in manufacturing plummeted by two-thirds, declining from 18% in the first year to a mere 6% by the end of the period.”