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 how the time UK unemployed was spent,

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year. There are several activities in the rows and in the columns are shown periods in the day like morning and

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, grouped by gender.

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, most men spent their time looking for a job (22%) in the morning and watching TV (14%) in the

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. For women, the majority spent the day with housework, whether in the morning (49%) or in the

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(21%). The 3 most popular activities for both sexes, in the morning, are job hunting, shopping, and housework. There are some changes in the

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. On one hand, men preferred watching TV, gardening, and looking for employment.

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, women preferred visiting friends or relatives, searching for

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a job

, and doing housework. Some tasks like playing sports and staying in bed were reported only by men in both periods. Women reported these activities just in the morning.