The given charts illustrate the comparison of time spent in minutes per day by men and women in the United Kingdom on household and leisure activities.
Overall, men are more active in leisure activities than women, except for reading. Women are dominant in household tasks such as shopping, cooking, and washing, except for repair activities.
Regarding leisure activities such as television and radio, men absolutely dominate women, spending 2 hours and 17 minutes compared to women’s less than 2 hours. Sport is the most unpopular type of leisure activity between the two sexes. Men devote approximately 15 minutes a day to sports, while women only spend 11 minutes. Reading is the one area in leisure activities where women are more active than men. What is more, women dedicate an average of 19 minutes a day to reading, while men only spend 18 minutes.
Household activities such as cooking and washing are primarily done by women. On average, they spend about 70 minutes a day on these tasks, while men devote less than one hour to this part of the household work.