The bar chart below shows the average duration of housework women did (unemployed, part-time employed, and full-time) when compared to men who had full-time work in the Peru between 1985 and 2005. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The bar chart below shows the average duration of housework women did (unemployed, part-time employed, and full-time) when compared to men who had full-time work in the Peru between 1985 and 2005.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The chart displays information about the average amount of time, which was spent by housework women with various employed status compared to men, who work full day in the Peru between 1985 and 2005.
Overall
, the biggest number of housework
hours
, were spent by unemployed individuals among all given years.
In contrast
, the least average duration, was spent by men on
this
type of work. Women with part-time job invested an average of merely more than 5
hours
a day on home care in 1985,
then
in 1995
this
period decreased to just 5
hours
per day.
However
, in 2005 the number grew to 6
hours
, which was approximately the same number as in category of females without any kind of job.
Nevertheless
, unemployed females dedicated 7
hours
daily on taking care of home in 2005
as well as
in 1985. Both sexes, who had full-time job invested no more than 2
hours
daily in 1985 and 2005,
although
this
duration slightly increased for females and males at 2.5 and 1.5, respectively.
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