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. The data is divided into morning and afternoon, and it is apparent that most practical tasks among both genders were completed in the earlier hours of the day,

however

Linking Words

; leisure activities were primarily reserved for later.

To begin

Linking Words

with, males devoted the majority of their morning to job hunting (22%), closely followed by shopping (20%) and housework (19%).

In contrast

Linking Words

, 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

Linking Words

family gatherings went up to 6%.

On the other hand

Linking Words

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

also

Linking Words

notable,

although

Linking Words

it dropped to approximately 9% in the afternoon.

Conversely

Linking Words

, hobbies

such

Linking Words

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.