The bar chart illustrates the average number of hours that men and women spend on several activities at home over a one-week period.
Overall, women devote considerably more time to household chores such as cooking, cleaning and washing up, whereas men spend the greatest amount of time watching television. Gardening is the least popular activity for both genders.
In terms of cooking, women spend by far the most time, at around 15 hours per week. By contrast, men dedicate the majority of their time to watching television, which accounts for approximately 9 hours weekly. Cleaning the house is another activity mainly done by women, who spend about 5 hours on it, while men allocate only around 2 hours.
A similar trend can be observed in washing up, where women spend roughly 6 hours compared with about 5 hours for men. Reading figures are quite similar, with women reading for around 6 hours and men for approximately 5 hours per week. Gardening remains the least common activity overall, although men spend slightly more time on it than women.