Given are a table and chart that provides information how much time spent by male and female on both entertainment pursuits and domestic chores in 2008.
Looking from an overall perspective, it is readily apparent that the most popular leisure activity among both genders was TV, video, and radio, with sport activities accounted for the smallest portion. Furthermore, women were quite active in almost all household activities, with the exception for repairing. Finally, a comparison of two graphs reveal that women did not have enough time for leisure activities, as they were busy with domestic duties.
Regarding the amount of time men and women spent on recreation, both showed the greatest preference for TV, video, and radio, with former outpacing the latter by 19 minutes (137 and 118). Moreover, reading was enjoyed almost equally by both males and females with each spending just under 20 minutes in moderation. Engagement in sports, in contrast, ranked lowest, with both males and females accounting for 15 and 11 minutes, respectively.
As for household activities, a significant disparity could be observed among genders, with women spending more than twice as much atime on cooking and washing dishes as men, at about 75 minutes. Similarly, men spent roughly 10 minutes on washing and ironing clothes, while women spent approximajtely 30 minutes. The margin was smaller for shopping, which occupied 25 and 35 minutes for men and women. Repairing was not only the least common type of housework, but it also the type where men outpaced women, with the former spending virtually double the amount of time as the latter.