The figures demonstrate the contrast of time spent, in minutes per day, by UK’s men and women on chores and free-time activities in 2008.
Overall, males spent more time on leisure activities while females dedicated their time to household.
Men devoted more time to the TV, video, radio at 137 minutes than women which is 118 minutes. However, time spent on a reading is approximately the same for both at 18-19 minutes. The time spent doing sport was 15 and 11 minutes per day on men and women, respectively.
The time allocated to shopping was roughly the same for both genders which is approxiamtely 30 minutes. Men do repairing two times more than women at 20 minutes per day. Women devoted significantly more time to cooking and washing dishes than men which is around 72 and 30 minutes, respectively. Additionally, women spent three times more time on doing the laundry which is 30 minutes.
