Band 7+: The first chart below shows the percentages of women and men in a country involved in some kinds of home tasks (cooking, cleaning, pet caring and repairing the house. The second chart shows the amount of time each gender spent on each task per day. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant. You should write at least 150 words.

The first bar chart presents the percentage of men and women responsible for four house chores, while the second addresses the daily work minutes of each group.

In sum, both males and females have the highest participation in cooking, with higher rates in the latter. The latter is also reported to contribute more time to cooking while spending the least on house repairs.

The highest number of people doing housework is involved in cooking, with 60% in males and slightly over 80% in females. As for cleaning, the second most participated chore by 60% of women, is one-and-half times more than men, whereas men’s rate in house repairs, at almost 20%, doubles women’s. Additionally, there is no significant difference in pet care participation of the two groups.

Both men and women spend the most time behind the kitchen, with an hour a day for the former and roughly 85 minutes for the latter. Compared to women, men’s time repairing the house is fourfold the time of women, consisting of 20 minutes. The amount of time both men and women spend taking care of pets is 20 minutes per day.