The diagram below shows the average hours of unpaid work per week done by people in different categories. (Unpaid work refers to such activities as childcare in the home, housework and gardening.) Describe the information presented below, comparing results for men and women in the categories shown. Suggest reasons for what you see.

The diagram below shows the average hours of unpaid work per week done by people in different categories. (Unpaid work refers to such activities as childcare in the home, housework and gardening.) Describe the information presented below, comparing results for men and women in the categories shown. Suggest reasons for what you see.
The bar chart illustrates the number of average
hours
which married people in different 3 groups spent on doing
chore
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chores
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in a
week
.
Overall
, it can be clearly seen from the chart that married women significantly spent more time doing housework than men in every group. To commence, by far the highest average time
spending
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on doing unpaid activities, married female people with more than 3 kids did chore tasks around 60
hours
per
week
, which was twice higher than a
women
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woman
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without kids in a family. Followed by women who have less than 3
children
, doing
such
tasks just above 50
hours
in a
week
, which was almost three times as
much
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hours
as men did
such
a job.
Conversely
, all males in different groups spent time on weekly routine housework lower than 20
hours
. Men with more than 3
children
have the lowest
hours
weekly job, approximately 18
hours
a
week
,
while
those who have
children
less than 3
children
or who do not have
children
did
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do
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such
works
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work
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just under 20
hours
a
week
.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words hours, week, children with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "chart" was used 2 times.

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • diagram
  • unpaid work
  • categories
  • average hours
  • men
  • women
  • comparison
  • overview
  • highest
  • differences
  • reasons
  • childcare
  • housework
  • gardening
  • gender roles
  • societal expectations
  • cultural norms
  • work-life balance
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