The given table illustrates the proportions of students in six departments of a university in Australia, divided by gender, first language and origin of birth, in 2009
Overall, it can be seen that the percentage of women in the English department outweighed their male counterparts, while that in chemistry underwent the opposite. Notably, all the data on students whose first language was not English were under 50% across all six departments. This was also true for the percentage of foreign-born students, except for the modern humanities sector.
In 2009, the proportions of females in English and Modern humanities sections accounted for the highest percentage, with 67% and 63% respectively. The History department demonstrates a large portion of females, at 58%. In contrast, a lower representation was observed regarding three remaining departments, with Physics at 37%, Chemistry at 29% and Math at 42%.
The information on students whose mother tongue was not English in Modern humanities stood at the largest position among all, with 41%. Followed by three similar linguistic characteristics in Physics, Chemistry and Maths departments, the share of those students was only slightly lower, ranging from 32% to 38%. However, the rates for English and History departments were significantly lower, with 16% and 10% respectively.
Take a closer look at where students was born, slightly over half of students enrolled in the Modern languages department were born outside of Australia, at 54%, followed by English (27%), Physics (44%), Chemistry (47%), Math (43%) and History (18%).