The table shows the average hours and minutes that men and women in the UK spend on a variety of daily activities.
Overall, the most noticeable trend is that men allocate significantly more time to paid work and leisure activities, while women spend much more time on unpaid work like housework and childcare. For both groups, sleeping is the activity that takes up the most time.
Looking at the categories where men spend more time, the largest gap is seen in Employment and Study. Males dedicate $3.45$ hours to this, which is over an hour more than the $2.26$ hours spent by females. Similarly, the total amount of time spent on leisure is higher for men ($5.25$ hours) compared to women ($4.53$ hours). This difference is largely driven by watching TV and listening to music, which accounts for $2.50$ hours for males and $2.25$ hours for females.
In contrast, women spend considerably more time on domestic duties. Females spend $3.00$ hours on housework, which is more than double the time spent by males ($1.41$ hours). A similar pattern is observed in Childcare, where women allocate $0.32$ hours, while men spend less than half an hour ($0.15$ hours). Women also spend slightly more time on Personal Care ($0.48$ hours) and Eating and Drinking ($1.19$ hours). Finally, both genders spend a comparable amount of time on essential activities like Resting, Travel, and Reading.
