4. Correct the information in italics where necessary, using the graph:


If we look at the chart concerning the number of births per woman, we can see that in the Netherlands, for example, these 1) more than doubled more than halved between 1960 and 1999. In Japan, during the same period, there was 2) a slight increase ______________ in the number of child born. This was also the case in Sweden where births also 3) rose __________. In all countries the birth rate 4) remained stable _______________ between 1960 and 1999.

As for the number of women in the labor force, we can see that this figure increased by more than 5) 25% _________ in Sweden, where more than half of the total number of employees in 1999 were women. There was a similar 6) rise ______ in Spain. In Japan, however, there was a 7) big increase ____________ with approximately 8) 7% _________ more women joining the workforce. In the USA, where only approximately ¼ of the female population worked in 1960, the total number of female employees reached slightly less than ½ of the labor force by 1999.

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