The bar chart illustrates the amount of weekly leisure time by gender and employment status in the year 1998/1999. Leisure time is measured in hours per week.
Overall, the data indicate that unemployed and retired individuals had the most amount of leisure time among all groups, while those employed in full time positions spent the least amount of free time. Moreover, men had slightly more leisure time than women. Furthermore, the chart lacks information for men employed part time jobs and men performing house duties.
Unemployed men spent around 85 hours per week on leisure activities, while this figure was less than 80 hours for their female counterparts. Similarly, retired men and women had about 85 and 78 hours of free time, respectively.
In contrast, men engaged in full time work positions had only slightly over 40 hours per week of free time and women working in full time jobs spent nearly 35 hours in leisure activities weekly. Lastly, women employed in part time jobs had 40 hours of leisure time, while this number was 50 hours for housewives.