The diagram below shows the average hours of unpaid work per week done by people in different categories. (Unpaid work refers to such activities as childcare in the home, housework and gardening.)

The diagram below shows the average hours of unpaid work per week done by people in different categories. (Unpaid work refers to such activities as childcare in the home, housework and gardening.)
The given bar chart compares the average unpaid
work
hours
a
week
between married
women
and
men
in
three
circumstances, including those without a child, with one to two children, and with
three
or more
kids
.
Overall
, it can be seen that married
women
spent more
time
than married
men
engaging in unpaid
work
. The more
kids
they have, the more likely married
women
to be involved in unpaid jobs,
whereas
this
is not the case for married
men
. Regarding married
women
, they spent a significantly larger amount of
time
doing unpaid
work
, with
women
having
three
and more
kids
spending almost triple times that of
men
in unpaid
work
, accounting for 60
hours
per
week
. Interestingly,
women
with one to two children spent only 50
hours
a
week
in unpaid
work
, followed by 30
hours
per
week
for
women
without children.
This
means that
women
with
three
or more
kids
doubled the
time
spent on unpaid
work
than
women
with no
kids
.
In contrast
, the unpaid
work
hours
for married
men
were less likely to be affected by the number of
kids
as they spent relatively the same amount of
time
in unpaid duties either with or without
kids
. They all spent around 18 to 20
hours
per
week
involved in unpaid jobs.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words work, hours, week, women, men, three, kids, time with synonyms.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • distribution
  • demographics
  • household responsibilities
  • societal expectations
  • norms
  • childcare
  • housework
  • gardening
  • contributions
  • family structure
  • cultural implications
  • social implications
  • work-life balance
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