The table shows how the UK unemployment spent their time last year.

The table shows how

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and

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who were out of work

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year spent their time. The information is broken down into parts of the day and fourteen different

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, First of

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is interesting to note that the majority of both

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and

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who are unemployed are engaged in productive

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in the morning with 61% of

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and 91% of

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either shopping. trying to secure employment or

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housework, with

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being twice as likely to do the latter in the afternoon.

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, figures for the afternoon show that the unemployed devote more time to leisure

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as watching television, visiting friends or reading. When looking at differences between genders it seems that

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were more likely to be engaged

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home improvement, gardening or active pursuits

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as walking or taking part in sports. More sedentary

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as staying in bed or sitting around were similar for both sexes. Twice the number of

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than

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spent their time drinking but

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still only accounted for a very small proportion.

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, it appears that contrary to many stereotypical preconceptions of the unemployed boüi

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do spend a proportion of each day on productive tasks with

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being some Interesting differences between genders.