The given bar chart illustrates how many hours men and women worked each week in Australia in 2007. The data is presented in percentage terms.
Overall, it is evident that men were inclined to work langer hours, with the largest proportions recorded in the mid-range categories. In contrast, women were more likely to be concentrated in the shorter working-hours groups. However, both genders showed the greatest similanity in the longest-hour category.
In terms of men, the largest proportion (around 30%) worked between the 21 and 30 hours per week. This was followed by those in the 31 to 40 hour category, which accounted for about 25% By contrast, only a small minority, roughly 5%, reported working fewer than 10 hours, making this figure the lowest among men.
In comparison to men, women were more concentrated in shorter working hours. In fact, nearly 20% of women worked 11 to 20 hours, whereas the figure for men in this group was only 10%. In addition, about 15% of women spent fewer than 10 hours at work, which is roughly three times higher than the proportion of men in the same category. Despite the contrasts, both genders displayed identical figures in the over-40 hours category.