"Figure 3: Participation rates of men and women (aged 16 to 64 years), UK, seasonally adjusted, 1971 to 2018","" "","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","%" "","" "Year","Male participation","Female participation" "1971","94.9","55.5" "1972","94.8","56.1" "1973","94.4","57.3" "1974","93.7","58.2" "1975","93.8","58.6" "1976","93.6","58.8" "1977","92.9","59.1" "1978","92.1","59.7" "1979","91.5","60.3" "1980","91.2","61.0" "1981","90.9","61.0" "1982","89.6","60.4" "1983","88.5","60.7" "1984","88.8","62.8" "1985","88.7","63.7" "1986","88.2","64.7" "1987","88.3","65.7" "1988","88.6","66.6" "1989","88.8","67.6" "1990","88.6","67.9" "1991","87.7","67.6" "1992","86.4","67.0" "1993","85.8","67.2" "1994","85.3","67.2" "1995","85.0","67.5" "1996","84.8","67.9" "1997","84.6","68.3" "1998","84.3","68.4" "1999","84.5","69.0" "2000","84.3","69.2" "2001","84.0","69.2" "2002","83.9","69.5" "2003","83.9","69.5" "2004","83.7","69.8" "2005","83.6","69.9" "2006","83.8","70.4" "2007","83.7","70.2" "2008","83.8","70.4" "2009","83.3","70.5" "2010","82.8","70.4" "2011","82.8","70.7" "2012","83.3","71.3" "2013","83.3","72.0" "2014","83.3","72.4" "2015","83.3","72.7" "2016","83.6","73.2" "2017","83.4","73.8" "2018","83.7","74.2"