The rate at which men have been employed has been falling since the 1950s. The rate at which women have been employed peaked around the turn of this century.pic.twitter.com/ty2jCSkBbb
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I am surprised that several people have brought this up! The answer is that it is easier to see the variation in each series when they are on different axes! The rate for women is below the rate for men in every year. Isn't it common for a chart to use both Y axes??
Only when it compares things that are measured in different units. This graph creates the illusion that more women now work than men, which is of course untrue. You should delete and make a better one!
The series are clearly labeled!
Hey, you don't have to take my good advice if you don't want to! :-)
It's much harder to see the beautiful variation if the series are stacked!
I'll be honest, I like @MichaelRStrain's double y-axis graph a bit better, it is easier to zoom in on points in time and see how different the trends are.pic.twitter.com/bILxrxZKdf
Yes! It's easier to see the beautiful variation!
Seriously...this is a big no-no on charts 101
"I see that female employment passed male employment in the 1970s. Wait, hold on…"
Because those FRED graphs are a pain to edit
I am with you. It’s an awful graph.
This pic will probably show up in a lump of labor post on reddit, blaming women
so lazy people don't have to turn their head 2 degrees back to the left
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