The bar graph below compares the amount of time spent in a typical week by males and females of different employment status for leisure activities in 1998-1999.
Overall, men spent more of their spare time in employed full-time, unemployed, retired statuses. In contrast, women tend to spend higher amount of time in employed (part-time) and housewives’ categories.
Both men and women had the highest and identical time spending patterns when they were either unemployed or retired. To be precise, men devoted approximately 85 hours a week for leisure activities whereas this figure for females was around 77 hours.
Those who had either part-time or full-time employment and housewives were amongst least spenders of time dedicated for leisure. Employed men spent substantially more hours than did their female counterparts with approximately 47 and 38 hours respectively. Women under employed (part-time) and housewives’ statuses allocated around 42 and 50 hours respectively, whereas data for men in this category was not provided.
In conclusion, there was a significant disparity observed in the time spent on leisure activities between men and women. Unemployed, retired, employed(full-time) men allocated most of their time for leisure, while women under housewives and employed (part-time) statutes tend to spend more time than their male counterparts.