Business Studies 4

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Semester 2 SY 2012-2013
Revision Worksheet # 2- Industry Sectors

Name:
Wednesday

Date: 1/16/13-

A. The following data are drawn from information provided by the US Bureau of
Labor Statistics in 2007. The table shows recent breakdowns of employment
by employment sector and likely future patterns in the United States.

Primary Industry
Secondary
Industry
Tertiary Industry

1996
2.4
16.9
81.7

Percentage Distribution by year

2006
2016
1.8
1.6
14.5
12.7
83.7

85.7

1. Describe the key trends indicated by the data. (3 marks)

2. What is happening to jobs in the primary sector? Why do you think this is the
case? (3 marks)

3. What is happening to jobs in manufacturing and services? (3 marks)

B. The following statistics relate to employment by the industrial sector in

China.

1978
1988
1998
2008

Primary (%)
70
58
50
42

Secondary (%)
18
22
23
25

Tertiary (%)
12
20
27
33

Describe the key trends that you see in the data. Explain why these changes
might have occurred. Do you expect these trends to continue? (6 marks)

C. What are service industries? Give five examples of jobs in service industries.
(6 marks)