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 shows how

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and

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who are out of work spent their time

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year. The information is broken down into both morning and afternoon and shows fourteen different

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. Housework, shopping and looking for work were the most common

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in the morning with nearly half of

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doing housework in the morning and a fifth in the afternoon.

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figure was much lower for

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. Both

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and

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preferred to do leisure

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in the afternoon. When

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at the difference between sexes, it is

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interesting to note that

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were more than twice as likely to focus on home improvement, gardening (14% to 2%) and taking part in

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and walking.

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, less productive

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like visiting town, staying in bed and sitting around were similar for both

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and

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.

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the majority of

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who are not working spend their time on productive tasks

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as housework, trying to secure employment or shopping with a

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small proportion doing nothing, staying in bed or drinking.