Minimum wage workers. The U.S. Department of Labor (www.bls.gov) collects data on the number of U.S.

workers who are employed at or below the minimum wage.

Here is a table showing the number of hourly workers by Age and Sex and the number who were paid at or below the prevailing minimum wage:

Hourly Workers (in thousands)
At or Below Minimum Wage (in thousands)
Men Women Men Women Age 16–24 7978 7701 384 738 25–34 9029 7864 150 332 35–44 7696 7783 71 170 45–54 7365 8260 68 134 55–64 4092 4895 35 72 65+ 1174 1469 22 50

a) What percent of the women were ages 16–24?

b) Using side-by-side bar graphs, compare the proportions of the men and women who worked at or below minimum wage at each Age group. Write a couple of sentences summarizing what you see.