The bar chart gives data on the share of males and females involved in different leisure activities in England in 2006.
Overall, watching TV was the most popular free-time activity for both genders. Notably,the share of men was higher in all the categories, except spending time with family and shopping.
As for men, watching TV ranked first, with a hefty 85% spending their free time this way,while time with family came a close second, with the share of men accounting for around 77%. Meanwhile, the figures for doing sport/exercising, reading and using the Internet took up nearly 75% each. Shopping, in the meantime, was much less popular, with 30% of men doing it, which was nearly a third of the figure for watching TV, whereas playing computer games came last, whereas computer games came last, with 11% of men playing them.
Regarding women, watching TV and spending time with family were the main activities,with the share of women engaged in these activities comprising 83% and around 82% respectively, whereas shopping was popular with 74% of women. Meanwhile, doing sport/exercising and reading followed, constituting about 60% each, whereas the figure for using the Internet was half as much, accounting for around 35%. Playing computer games, by contrast, had by far the lowest share, with a mere 5% of women doing it in their free time.