The bar chart below shows the average hours of housework done by women (unemployed, part time employed and full time employed) and full-time working men. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

-[Harpreet Singh Dhillon]

The given column graph illustrates the typical time spent by men and ladies at different

levels of employment on household chores over a period of 20 years . It can be clearly

seen that full time employed men spent the smallest amount amount of your time on housework.



Women with no employment spent the utmost time on housework within the three given

years. They spent 7 hours per day in 1985 and 2005 and 6.5 hours each day in 1995. A little less

time was spent by part time employed women. They spent 5.5, 5 and 6 hours per day on

household chores in 1985, 1995 and 2005 respectively. Women with full time employment

spent lesser time on domestic work than the other two categories of women. They spent 2

hours per day in 1985; 1.5 hours per day in 1995 and 2.5 hours/day in 2005. Full time

employed men spent one hour per day in 1985 and 1995 and 1.5 hours per day in 2005. No

data is given for the unemployed men and men with part time employment.



Overall, it are often seen that full time employed women spent lesser time in household chores

than unemployed and part-time employed women, but still they worked quite their

male counterparts.