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 demonstrates the proportion of time that unemployed men and women in the United Kingdom spent on various activities over the past year. At first glance, it is evident that most practical tasks were completed in the earlier hours of the day,

whereas

leisure activities were primarily reserved for later. Focusing on males, they devoted the majority of their morning to job hunting (22%), closely followed by shopping (20%) and housework (19%).

However

, these percentages saw a sharp decline in the afternoon, with job hunting decreasing by 10 points to 12%. Meanwhile, decorating remained stable at 7% throughout the day,

while

family gatherings increased to 6%. Females,

according to

the data, allocated a significant portion of their time to housework, accounting for 49% in the morning and dropping to 21% later on. Shopping was

also

notable but declined to approximately 9% in the afternoon.

On the other hand

, hobbies

such

as reading and watching TV, which accounted for only 2% and 5% of morning hours, experienced a considerable increase later in the day, rising to 12% and 10%, respectively.