Band 5+: 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 graph illustrates the hours of activities as childcare performed by various people in 3 types.

What stand out from the graph is that, women in all the 3 categories are dominant over men with the slight difference in their work hours each week.

It is crystal clear that women having more than 3 kids work more hours, approximately 55 hours per week, follows by the female with 1-2 children, involved in around 50 hours each week. However, men in this category take a nose dive in working hours with just nearly 20 hours every week.

Categorically speaking, couple who have no kids showes a swift descending trend in their working hours, with just 30 for females and just above 15 for males.

On the whole, married men and women who have more than 3 kids work more hours as opposed of the other types, in the activities that are specified for kids.