The chart below shows how the UK unemployed spent their time in the year 1982. Write a report to a university lecturer describing the information below.

The chart below shows how the UK unemployed spent their time in the year 1982.

Write a report to a university lecturer describing the information below.
The table depicts the information about the amount of
time
(in percentage) spent by the unemployed British people on several activities
last
year.
Overall
, it can be seen that both
men
and
women
were busier in the morning than in the afternoon. To start with, it is obvious that both groups spent most of their
time
in the morning.
Women
were mostly spending their
time
at 49% doing some housework,
,
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however
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men
spent a significant amount of
time
at 22% looking for jobs, with only 2% drinking,
whereas
women
only spent the least of their
time
enjoying their beverages at 1%.
On the other hand
, even though both groups had fewer activities in the afternoon, it seems that
women
were busier than
men
.
Men
only allocated 7% of their
time
to go shopping,
whereas
women
at 21% spent more money on shopping. Interestingly,
men
sometimes spent the least amount of their
time
lying in bed at 4%, but there was no woman at all (0%) who took a nap
last
year.
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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "last, whereas".
Vocabulary: Replace the words time, men, women with synonyms.
Vocabulary: Rephrase the word "information" in your introduction.
Vocabulary: The word "amount" was used 3 times.

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • job hunting
  • housework
  • leisure activities
  • job training
  • pursuing hobbies
  • childcare
  • household chores
  • socializing
  • entertainment
  • educational pursuits
  • evening classes
  • demographics
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