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 provides statistics about how people who are unemployed spent their pastime in the United Kingdom

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year. Looking from an

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perspective, it is readily apparent that morning hours were usually more productive than afternoon hours,

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the most preferable activities included housework, shopping and job hunting for both genders. Moving to a more detailed analysis, the time spent on household chores constituted 70% for ladies and 26% for males during the day. Shopping and hunting were different from each other with just 2% discrepancies, all the data for shopping were lower than hunting, except 26% of women did it in the early hours of the day. Gardening showed priority among men at 27%, compared to 5% for women,

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visiting friends was preferred mostly by females. In terms of other figures, watching TV programs and reading activities witnessed slight differences for both sexes in percentages. Decorating and walking practices among males were approximately three times higher than for ladies. The trend for men for playing sports and drinking accounted for 8% and 5% respectively. Staying in bed and visiting the city were chosen by all the unemployed people made up

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varieties, just 1% under for women from 9% to 8%, and almost 3% lower for females than males