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.

The table illustrates the UK unemployed time spent broken down by gender, part of the day, and type of

activity

for the

last

year period.

Overall

the table provides information about 14

types

of

activity

, time frames when people prefer to do these

types

of

activity

, and the proportion by gender. The UK unemployed preferred to fulfil most part of their activities in the morning and leave less business for the

afternoon

. There were some

types

of activities that were more popular among

women

.

For example

, housework and shopping. The most

men

's

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types

of

activity

were job hunting and gardening. Unemployed

women

in England preferred to start the day with housework (49%) and shopping (26%),

although

some of them did these activities during the

afternoon

, 21% and 17% respectively.

Also

,

women

were occupied by visiting friends and towns more than

men

. Unemployed

men

in the UK did housework and shopping less actively than

women

. They preferred to spend time on job hunting and gardening, 14% preferred to work in the garden in the morning and 13% during the

afternoon

. Job search communication was more popular among

men

than among

women

, 10% of

women

search for jobs in the morning and 17% during the

afternoon

.

Men

looked for jobs more actively in the morning (22%) than during the

afternoon

(12%).

Men

also

read, watch TV, decorate, walk, do nothing, stay in bed, play sports, and drink more than

women

.