Geography GCSE
Employment structures
What Employment structures means in Geography GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Employment structures
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The balance between the primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary sectors, shown as the proportion of a country's workforce employed in each.
Topics that use Employment structures
- Section B: The changing economic world (AQA GCSE)
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