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.) Describe the information presented below, comparing results for men and women in the categories shown. Suggest reasons for what you see.

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.) Describe the information presented below, comparing results for men and women in the categories shown. Suggest reasons for what you see.
The table illustrates the duration of
time
spent on unpaid work by married men and women of different groups based on the number of children.
Overall
, the more children they had, the more
time
spent by mostly the wives on housework and
non vocational
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tasks .
However
, the same could not be said for the husbands who exhausted the same
time
irregardless
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of their parental
reponsibilities
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responsibilities
. As for the women, the demand in the
time
from their schedule for voluntary work rose significantly as they had more kids from 30 for those without any parental duties to about twice the amount (60) for people with over three
offsprings
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.
Whereas
, the men seemed to have expelled the same energy rather than more like the mothers on the same tasks throughout at 20 hours per week for those with no parenting expectations and around half the same duration of
time
for the fathers with 3 or more kids.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • diagram
  • unpaid work
  • categories
  • average hours
  • men
  • women
  • comparison
  • overview
  • highest
  • differences
  • reasons
  • childcare
  • housework
  • gardening
  • gender roles
  • societal expectations
  • cultural norms
  • work-life balance
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