Band 6+: The chart below shows the amount of leisure time enjoyed by men and women of different employment status. Leisure time in a typical week in hours - by sex and employment status, 1998-99.

The bar chart illustrates, the amount of free time spent by each gender based on their worklife. From the overall perspective, it is readily apparent that men outnumbered women in most disciplines, the gender gap for each employment was not significant ,with a notable exception in part time employees and housewives.Moreover, part time employers have the most spare time, and housewives have the least relaxation time.

With regards to the employment of men, the majority of them enjoy their leisure time. Moreover, unemployed men and retired men spend almost 80% of their spare time, while full time employees spend only 40% of time. However, employees who have part time work don’t have the time to relax.

Looking specifically at the female, unemployed, and retired women, spend the highest percentage of 75% of their pastime. whereas, to the second position housewives have 50 % of relaxation time. while full time employees have 40 % of their time free. In contrast, full time employees only have 33% of breaks.