Cambridge IELTS Book 7, Test 3, Writing Task 1

Suraj Malla

03/04/11

The bar graph displays a variety of diplomas and degrees in a particular country and in a

certain year, determined according to gender.

It is clearly obvious that the most popular qualification between males and females in

Australia in 1999 was the skilled vocational diploma, held by men. Interestingly, the diploma

that was so popular with men was dramatically unpopular with women.

It is evident that there was no overall trend in respect of either gender or qualification. While

women favoured the undergraduate diploma highly at 70%, they were less enthusiastic about

postgraduate diploma at just 30%. Similarly, whereas men preferred postgraduate diploma,

they did not have the same affection for the undergraduate diploma.

The long and short of it is that although some qualifications provoked more popular with one

gender or the other, there was no identifiable pattern in this regard. It would be difficult to

make any prediction on the statistics for most of these degrees or diplomas for years

following 1991.