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Below shows how the UK unemployed spent their time last year iy the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and ie comparisons where relevant.

#uk #time #year #iy #information #features #ie #comparisons
The table compares
average
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the average
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 amount of
time
 not-working people spent on their spare
time
 activities during
last
 year.
Overall
, women devoted most of their
time
 to housework and shopping,
while
 men were mostly occupied with finding a
job
, shopping and visiting relatives throughout the day.
To begin
, it is going to shops and household chores that females were invested in the most in the morning, with 26% and 49% respectively. Even though the numbers were almost two times lower in the
afternoon
 with 21% for housework and 17% for shopping, they still were the highest among the other categories
such
 as
meating
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meeting
 with friends and searching for a
job
. In more
detail
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 it was 13% for looking for a
job
 and 17% for
sociolization
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socialization
 in the
afternoon
.
Spaeking
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Speaking
 about the lowest
percentactivities
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per cent activities
, playing sports and drinking were the least interesting ways to spend free
time
in
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both in the morning and in the
afternoon
 with only 1% involvement.
Moreover
, staying in bed and playing sports took up 0% among women in the
afternoon
. Regarding men, the highest numbers in the morning were for shopping and
job
 hunting, being 20% and 22% respectively.
On the other hand
, gardening and watching TV were the most popular
free
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free-time
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time
activites
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activities
 in the
afternoon
. As for the least preferable ways to spend leisure
time
, drinking
equaled
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equalled
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 2% and 3% amongst men in the first part of the day and
after noon
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afternoon
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 respectively.
However
, the smallest number was for staying in bed for
afternoon
 activities, amounting to 1%.
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