FIGURE DESCRIPTION - DRILL 6

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The chart given demonstrate/showcases the percentage of both males and females (1)................... across 6 different nations over a course of 10 years between 1995 and 2005.

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Overall, it is obvious that there were always more men than women (2).................. a job in all countries and years surveyed.

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Strikingly, the rate of employment was on a (3)................... for any nationality and gender over a decade.

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To be specific, the greatest proportion of female workers (4)................... in Switzerland in 1995, at almost 55%, just 2-3% more compared to the employment rate for women in Great Britain - the runner-up.

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In the meantime, there were (5).................. than a half of the population of adult females who could make a living by themselves in USA (approx.45%), Iceland (40%), Australia (under 30%), and New Zealand (upper 20%).

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10 years later, up to 69% of Swiss women or so went to work, (6)................ around 15% from 1995, whereas female workforce in America caught up with that in Great Britain, sharing the same rate at above 60%.

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Among three countries remained, it was only Iceland, (7)..................... the unemployment rate reduced to under a half.

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When it comes to male labour force, Iceland was in the first place with over 70% in 1995 and upper 80% in 2005, followed by Switzerland, whose (8).................... figures were relatively 65% and just under 80%.

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Strikingly, almost the same proportion of men in UK, USA, and New Zealand joined the job market in 2005, at above 70% (9).................... their differences 10 years before.

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