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The bar chart given illustrates the rates of young degree holder (between 20 ~ 24 years old)

having no job in one of European countries from January 2008 to October 2009. The graph separates
the data into two different features according to the sex information, male and female.

Generally, the rates of the jobless degree holders had been fluctuated throughout the years in
terms of both genders. Even though these rates were a bit lower in the beginning and hit a higher
number by the end of the time. Furthermore, in all cases, male alumni appeared to always
outnumber the unemployment rate compared to that of female.

Males rate was about 10% in January 2008, being slightly higher than the next April and Julys
rates, which were the lowest out of jobs rate for male, by approximately 2%. Then it rose to almost
16% in October. Yet the figure shows a decrease in the next terms by 4% in January 2009, steady
on that number in April, and lowered to 11% in July. However, this number went upward by October,
hitting its highest rate ever, that was 22%.

The percentage of the females started a bit 2% lower than the males in the beginning, were
stable on 6% on the next April and July 2008, and it increased to 11% in October before went back
down to 9% and 6% in January and April 2009 following the same trend to that of males. Then
again, the rate rose in July where about one tenth of female being jobless before hitting its peak
rate, 14% in October.

Meiliza Fitri

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