The bar diagram illustrates the amount of time spent on housework by various types of women and compares their housework hours with those of men who were employed full-time in the UK over three decades.
Overall, it is evident that women without any responsibilities spent more hours on housework compared to other categories of employed females. In contrast, full-time working men allocated fewer hours to housework.
In terms of unemployed women, they spent an average of 7 hours on house tasks in 1985, maintaining this level until 2005, except for 1995 when it decreased to approximately 6.5 hours. At the same time, women working part-time spent just over 5 hours on home activities in 1985. However, this figure did not improve in the following decade, dropping to 5 hours. Subsequently, this number increased by 1 hour in 2005.
On the other hand, women who were employed full-time were unable to dedicate as much time to house-related tasks as other types of women. These women allocated only 2 hours for housework in the initial year, and by 1995, this had decreased to just 1.5 hours. However, their time commitment increased again by 2005. Conversely, full-time working men spent 1 hour on housework in the first two years, but this grew to 1.5 hours by 2005.