The given bar chart illustrates the number of hours that men and women enjoyed based on gender and employment status in a common week within two years, commencing from 1998. As is observed, unemployed and retired people had the highest rate of free time.
To begin, men and women who worked as a full-time employee benefited from around 45 of leisure time compared to around 37 hours respectively. No data is given for part-time male workers, while those for women showed a higher rate in comparison with full-time categories for men, with nearly 40 hours. Unemployed and retired people showed the highest rate of spare time among all five other groups, both genders stood at approximately 80 hours, and men’s time was slightly higher than their female counterparts. Finally, housewives benefited from more leisure time than employed women, at around 50 hours.
In summary, although males and females enjoyed very similar free time, the figures for men depict slightly higher than female ones.