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 UK 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 UK between 1985 and 2005.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The bar chart illustrates the average
time
of
housework
done by British women
according to
their employment status (full-
time
workers, part-
time
workers and unemployed) and full-
time
worker men from 1985 to 2005.
Overall
,
it is clear that
unemployed women spent most of their
time
doing
housework
activities compared to employed women and men.
According to
the data, full-
time
housewives tended to spend 7
hours
a day doing household activities for the
twenty years
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period,
although
there was a slight decrease by half an hour in 1995. Meanwhile, females with part-
time
jobs occupied around 5 to 6
hours
of their
time
for
housework
matters at the same period.
In addition
, male and female employees with full-
time
jobs had
fewer times
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less time
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in terms of doing
housework
jobs among the other categories. Full-
time
female workers spent around 2
hours
of
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doing household activities in 1985. The duration decreased,
however
, in 1995 to approximately 1.5
hours
a day, before it experienced an increase to about 2.5
hours
in 2005. Interestingly, the length of
time
occupied by British men with full-
time
employment
also
tended to increase from an hour in both 1985 and 1995
,
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to around 1.5
hours
in 2005.
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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "according to".
Vocabulary: Replace the words time, housework, hours with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "decrease" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "increase" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "around" was used 3 times.

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