The chart illustrates the percentage of men and women in England who did various free-time activities such as watching TV, shopping, spending time with their family, reading, using the internet, playing games and doing sport or exercise.
Overall, there is a common trend where men and women similarly enjoy watching tv, spending time with their family, doing sport or exercise and reading. On the other hand, shopping are quite trendy among women, whilst using the internet and playing computer games excites men more than women.
It is an observable fact that both men and women have common interests with more than 75 percent spend time watching tv and family. Additionally, people not only care about relaxation but also value knowledge and physical health. Therefore, both reading and doing sports or exercising are popular among men and women, with approximately 75% of people spending their free time on these activities.
Besides, there are clear gender differences in certain activities. Men tend to spend more time playing computer games (20%) and using the internet (73%), while the corresponding figures for women are significantly lower, at about 15% and 30%, respectively. In contrast, shopping is far more popular among women, with 74% of women spending time on this activity compared to only 30% of men