The bar chart illustrates the average number of hours that both genders spend doing activities around the home.
Overall, women recorded higher figures in almost all activities compared to men, whereas men spent more time watching television and surfing the internet. This shows that women were more involved in household chores, while men devoted more time to leisure activities.
Cooking accounted for the highest number of hours for women, at nearly 15 hours, while men spent under 10 hours on this activity. In cleaning the house, women spent nearly 5 hours, which was noticeably higher than the figure for men. In washing up, men spent approximately 5 hours, while women spent slightly more than this. Similarly, in reading, women spent more hours than men.
In contrast, men spent more time on the remaining three activities. Men spent over 10 hours surfing the internet, whereas women spent under 5 hours. Likewise, men spent nearly 15 hours watching television, while women spent just over 10 hours. In gardening, men also spent more hours than women.