The table below shows how the UK unemployed spent their time last year. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. Write at least 150 words.

The table provides detailed statistics on how the unemployed spent their time in the UK in 1982 in fourteen different categories.

Overall

, it could be considered that housework by women in the morning had consistently the highest percentage over the period,

while

the number of staying in bed by females in the afternoon was invariably the lowest one.

To begin

with, men in the morning spent most of their time with job hunting by 22%, followed by shopping and gardening.

Furthermore

, the lowest rate in the morning was drinking with only 2%, followed by nothing sitting around.

By contrast

, females at the start of the day do housework by 49% and the lowest times are allocated to drinking and playing sports.

Nevertheless

, men spent their afternoon gardening and TV at 14% and 13%, followed by bouncing with 12% job hunting and visiting their friends.

However

, the most time spent by women in the afternoon was on housework and shopping.

Additionally

, their lowest point was obviously staying in bed and playing sports, even though men were staying in bed.