The bar chart depicts the rate of unemployment for the groups of men and women, who were

graduates
in an European country in 2008 and 2009.

Overall, there was a greater proportion of men than women to be out of work at all time of the years.
Also, during winter months, the figures for both genders increased remarkably.

Firstly, there were months in which the proportions of unemployment retained low, for example, the
unemployment rate of women was only 6% in April 2008, July 2008 and April 2009. However, there was
generally more unemployment in January, July and October, with the figures for both genders peaking
at October (e.g for men: 16% in October 2008 and 22% in October 2009). Secondly, perhaps the most
striking trend was that the figures for men were always overwhelming to that of women, with the most
significant difference occurred in October 2009, where there was about 8% different between women
and men.

Finally, employment of women graduates was relatively constant throughout the two-year period, with
the variation of only 8%. Meanwhile, men’s unemployment fluctuated much more noticeably, with a
range of 6% to 22%.