The bar chart compares men and women in terms of leisure activities, while the bar chart give information about the allocation of men and women across four different household activities in the UK in 2008. Overall, men and women addicted to screen related activities, and sport was unpopular among them. Women were more active than men in household activities, exception for a repair.
Looking at the bar chart first, spending time for TV, video, and radio was the most popular activities among men and women, representing 137 and 118 minutes every day, respectively. Both genders spent nearly equal minutes on reading. Men spent 15 minutes for training sport, while women for this activity were less to 4 minutes.
In contrast, there were significant differences in the time spent on cooking and washing between two genders. Men spent about 30 minutes daily in the kitchen, whereas the figure for women was approximately 78 minutes. Another major difference an be seen in laundry and clothing care, where females spent 30 minutes of their daily time, in contrast to males, who devoted only 10 minutes. There was also about 10 minutes gap in time spent on shopping, with women again spent more. By contrast, men held a clear advantage in time allocated to repairs, spending around 10 minutes more then women this task.