The bar chart shows the number of men and women in continuous education in Britain in three periods. The data can be separate into two groups, full-time and part-time. Figures are given in thousands of people in further education. It can be clearly seen in the chart that the proportion of continuous education in part-time were much higher than the proportion of continuous education in full-time.
As can be seen in the chart, the proportion of full-time education had steadily increased in all periods both men and women, and the proportion of further education in female were higher than male. The exception to this was the proportion of male in 1970/1 because the proportion of further education in female were about 70 thousands, but the proportion of further education in male were 100 thousands approximately. Moreover, the proportion of full-time education in female increased dramatically from 75 thousands in 1970/1 to 200 thousands in 1990/1, and the proportion of full-time education in male rose from 100 thousands in 1970/1 to 200 thousands in 1990/1.
In contrast, the proportion of part-time education in men had fluctuated, but the proportion of part-time education in female had dramatically increased in all periods. As can be seen in the chart, the proportion of further education dropped steadily from 1000 thousands in 1970/1 to 800 thousands approximately in 1980/1, then rose slightly from 800 thousands in 1980/1 to about 850 thousands in 1990/1. In addition, the proportion of part-time education in male were much higher than the proportion of part-time education in female. The exception to this was in 1990/1 because the proportion of part-time education in female were 1300 thousands approximately, but the proportion of part-time education in men were 1000 thousands.