The table compares the number of men and women spent average minutes per day on leisure activities, involving TV, video, radio, reading and sports while the bar chart delineates the average minutes of household activities each day.
Overall, it is evident that in 2008, men spent their time for leisure activities much more than women in each day, with the exception of the average minutes of reading. Additionally, women utilized more time for household activities than men, excepting repair.
Looking at average minutes per day for leisure activities, men took the lead in both TV, video, radio and sport with the former standing at 137 minutes and the latter at 15 minutes. In 2008, women spent 118 minutes in radio, TV, video and 11 minutes each day in sport, while an average 19 minutes per day of women in reading surpassed the 18 minutes every day of men.
Turning to average time of household activities, the average time per day in 2008 in women for washing and cooking was significantly double that of men, with respective figures being 67 minutes and 27 minutes. Additionally, the average minutes of both shopping and clothes washing with ironing outpaced these times of men, with the latter standing at 38 minutes of women and 27 minutes of men, the former standing at 25 minutes of women and 10 minutes of men in 2008.
