The diagram below shows the average hours of unpaid work per week done by people in different categories. (Unpaid work refers to such activities as childcare in the home, housework and gardening.) Describe the information presented below, comparing results for men and women in the categories shown. Suggest reasons for what you see.

The bar chart illustrates the average proportion of the

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of work which are not paid every week, for three different categories, broken down by gender.

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, significantly more unpaid responsibilities,

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as childcare in the home, housework, and gardening, are performed by females,

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the percentage of

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for males is much lower.

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the number of

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that are done for free is increasing for bigger families among women,

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for men it is nearly the same for all groups. Focusing first on married women, approximately 30

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are spent working without any wage by those who do not have

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,

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for females having 1 or 2

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, the corresponding figure is more than 20

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higher. When it comes to the third category, with 3 or more

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, they are the leaders, working for free for almost 60

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weekly. As for the men, for those without offspring, the percentage of

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of unpaid work for

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category is less than 20. Notably, for males with 1 or 2

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, the figure remains nearly the same,

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for fathers with 3 or more

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, it drops slightly, to approximately 15

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.