The table and chart illustrate the comparative analysis of time channeled by males and females in housework and leisure activities in 2008.
Overall, it immediately demonstrates differences in using time for things – shopping and clothing washing, fixing and repairing, cooking and washing off, and relaxing activities – of both genders, which depend on gender-based disparities. While women spend a huge quantity of time on domestic tasks, men tend to choose entertainment activities done in their free time.
First, the chart and table provide clear data which obviously indicate the contrast in dedicating time between these genders. Specifically, British women devoted the highest quantity of time to cooking and washing up, with figures standing at a record high of 62 minutes per day. But for men, fixing and repairing was the most popular household chore that they channeled most time into, with its figure lying at a record high of 38 minutes each day. As can be seen, the lowest proportion of time spent shopping and washing clothes belongs to British men, standing at a record low of 4 minutes on a daily basis. In addition, fixing and repairing was the least popular housework that women invested most of their time in, with the given data being just about 18 minutes a day. A glance at the graphs reveals that there is a similarity in the percentage of time spent reading books for leisure by both genders, with the quantity of time spent standing at 18 to 20 minutes each day. Although the data present that there is a significant difference in ways to use time for household and leisure activities, the given charts and table also successfully demonstrated that there is still some fractional difference between these genders. Obviously, the time used by women and men for watching TV, listening to the radio, and watching videos does not have a prominent data discrepancy. For instance, the proportion of both genders reached the record at 175 minutes (a day) for men and 158 minutes (a day) for women.