The pie charts illustrate employment patterns in Great Britain by gender in 2010.
Overall, both males and females were attracted to other manual professions. However, both sexes had different focuses: most men had managerial and professional jobs while women were drawn to other manual occupations
Regarding males in Great Britain, most of their professions were managerial & professional and other manual related, occupying around 38% and 28% respectively. Moreover, craft and similar related jobs were popular among males as 21% of them took this profession. In contrast, only 6% of men’s jobs were about non-manual while the other professions including clerical & related and general labourers both accounted for a mere 7 percent.
In terms of female British, their two most popular professions were related to manual and clerical, accounting for 32%, followed up with 30%. Furthermore, 22% of women took managerial & professional related professions, double the figure for other non-manual careers. Finally, the proportion for craft and similar, adding with the figure for general labourers, was only 5%.
Comparing to each other, female workforce was more specilized in clerical, manual, non-manual work, occupying more than six times, 4 percent and 5 percent those of men.In contrast, the proportion of males who participated in managerial and professional professions were more than 16% the figure for females while the others including general labourers and craft were around quadruple or five times those of women.
