The table below Shows how The UK unemployed people spent their time last year.

The table illustrates how people who were out of work spent their

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in 14 various categories

last

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year in the UK. The figures are divided into morning and

afternoon

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time

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, with a breakdown for

both

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men

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and

women

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.

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, housework and shopping were the most common activities for

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genders, particularly in the morning,

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drinking and playing sports were the least common activities.

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, nearly half of the unemployed

women

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(49%) carried out housework in the morning, compared to just 19% of

men

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. In the

afternoon

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, 21% of

women

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continued doing housework,

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only 7% of

men

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did so. Shopping was the second most popular activity for

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genders. In the morning, 26% of

women

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and 20% of

men

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went shopping,

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in the

afternoon

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, 27% of

women

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and 9% of

men

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did the same. Job hunting was another significant activity, with 22% of

men

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spending their morning searching for work, compared to only 16% of

women

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. In the

afternoon

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, 12% of

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and 13% of

women

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continued looking for jobs. In terms of leisure activities,

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sexes spent some

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reading, decorating, visiting friends or relatives, and watching TV in

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the morning and

afternoon

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. For visiting friends and relatives, 10% of

women

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spent

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in the morning,

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7% did so in the

afternoon

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. In comparison, 6% of

men

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spent

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visiting others in the morning, and 12% did so in the

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.

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, spending

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doing nothing,

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as staying in bed or sitting around, accounted for the lowest percentages for

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men

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and

women

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,

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drinking and playing sports.