The chart illustrates the duration of leisure enjoyed by men and women in a typical week in 1998-99, according to their gender and employment status. In general, the quantity of free time spent by men was higher than that for women in three out of five categories. It is also noticeable that the unemployed had the largest amount of leisure time .
Body 1 : Looking at the data in detail, the amount of spare time used by jobless men ranked first on the list, at about 85 hours. Besides, the quantity of leisure time used by retired men was lower ,at roughly 82 hours. Remarkably , the data on spare time used by females in these two categories were the same , at nearly 74 hours.
Body 2: Regarding the three remaining other durations, no data was been provided for the part-time employed and housewives men . It is also evident that the figure for part-time and full-time spent by women were quite similar . Another noteworthy observation is that the quantity of spare time used employed full-time male was the lowest , compared to the that for unemployed men and retired men