The chart below compares the percentage of time Australian mothers and fathers spent helping their children with four activities in 2013. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

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The presented graph describes data about the frequency of
time
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Australian mothers and
fathers
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spent helping their children with four activities,
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as dressing, doing their homework, playing games, and preparing for bed. The data was observed in 2013. From the data above, it can be clearly seen that mothers generally had a bigger contribution compared to
fathers
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. The biggest gap in the contribution was observed specifically in helping kids get dressed.
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, it was noticed that the only
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mothers had a similar contribution to
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was on playing games with their children, contributing nearly three-quarters of the
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. Upon detailed observation, it was noticed that even though
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spent quite a lot of
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helping their kids do their homework, the amount of
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spent was not even a quarter of the mothers’. Another worth noting aspect is the
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spent by
fathers
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helping their kids was never more than 10%, with the lowest one at nearly 1%.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words time, fathers with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "data" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "nearly" was used 2 times.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • percentage
  • time spent
  • Australian mothers
  • fathers
  • helping
  • children
  • activities
  • reading
  • homework
  • playing sports
  • general play
  • comparison
  • 2013
  • significantly
  • difference
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