The chart below shows the amount of leisure time enjoyed by men and women of different employment status.
The bar chart compares the amount of free
time
per week
that males and females of five categories
of employment status had between 1998 and 1999.
It is clear that
men enjoyed more hours
of leisure
time
per week
than women
in three out of five categories
. However
, only figures for women
were shown in two categories
, namely employed part-time
and housewives.
Regarding the full-time
employed, obviously
men had slightly more Add a comma
,obviously
leisure
time
than women
, with approximately 45 hours
of free time
per week
, compared to around 38 hours
for women
. Obviously, unemployed and retired people of both genders enjoyed the most hours
of leisure
time
. Moreover
, the figures for retired males and females were exactly the same as those for the unemployed, at around 85 and 78 hours
of free time
per week
, respectively.
Housewives enjoyed 50 hours
of spare time
, a little more than part-time
working women
who had just over 40 leisure
hours
each week
. No data is given for men in either of these categories
.Submitted by MERVE DEMİR on
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