The table and bar chart depict the average amount of time British men and women spend on leisure and household chores per day.
Overall, men dedicate more time than women to leisure, whilst women spend more time on household tasks, and less time on repair work. Moreover, cooking and washing are the largest household categories for women.
Watching TV, video and listening to the radio accounts for the biggest proportion of time for both genders, at 137 minutes for males and 118 minutes for females. In contrast, the time that they spend on reading is almost the same, with women spending 19 minutes, and men 18. Men also allocate more time to sport at 15 minutes, whereas women spend 11.
Women allocate two and a half times as much time as men spend on cooking and washing, nearly 80 minutes and 30 minutes respectively. In addition, average shopping time allocated to women is 35 minutes, whereas to men is 25 minutes. Also, women dedicate three times as much time as men to washing clothes and ironing them. The only exception is repairs, where men spend more time.
