Band 7+: The diagram below shows the average hours of unpaid work per week done by people in different categories. (Unpaid work refers to such activities as childcare in the home, housework and gardening.) Describe the information presented below, comparing results for men and women in the categories shown. Suggest reasons for what you see.

The bar chart illustrates the average weekly hours spent on unpaid work among married women and married men in three categories.

Overall, the amount of time married women in all categories spent outnumbered that of men. While married men spent a steady number of hours in every category, the more children the married women have, the more unpaid labor they do.

As for women, the increase in hours for unpaid work depends on how many children they have. Married women with one or two children had an average of estimated 51 hours, 20 hours more than that of married women without any children. Moreover, the number of unpaid hours women with three or more children spent was as twice as without children married females, hitting the peak of a massive 60 hours per week.Nevertheless, the number of offspring had no clear impact on the males working hours. With approximately 20 hours, without any children or with one or two children, men spent the same amount of time on this kind of work. Furthermore, the hours spent on unpaid work of married males with three or more children had a slight gap with a mere 1-hour reduction compared to the other categories of men.