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

men

and

women

who are out of work spent their time

last

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

activities

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

activities

in the morning with nearly half of

women

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

This

figure was much lower for

men

. Both

men

and

women

preferred to do leisure

activities

in the afternoon. When

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looking

at the difference between sexes, it is

also

interesting to note that

men

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

sport

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and walking.

However

, less productive

activities

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

men

and

women

.

Overall

,

it is clear that

the majority of

men

and

women

who are not working spend their time on productive tasks

such

as housework, trying to secure employment or shopping with a

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small proportion doing nothing, staying in bed or drinking.