The
chart illustrates depending on employment status how much free time males and
females have. Overall it is clear that those who are unemployed and retired have
considerably more free time than other three categories.
The
most noticeable feature of the chart is that unemployed and retired people
enjoy the exactly same amount of leisure time, men with over 80 hours weekly
and women with around 75 hours. With full time employment, males spend more or
less 50 hours on weekly basis while females have 38 hours.
In
terms of gender, men spend approximately ten hours more than the opposite sex,
regardless of their employment status. The most interesting result is that in
status of employed part times and housewives, there is no man having free time.
It could be explained by the fact that most men do full time job and almost no
man stays home as a housewife.
The chart illustrates the number of hours of leisure enjoyed by men and women in a typical week in 1998-9, according to gender and employment status.
Among those employed full-time, men on average had fifty hours of leisure, whereas women had approximately thirty-seven hours. There were no figures given for male part-time workers, but female part-timers had forty hours of leisure time, only slightly more than women in full-time employment, perhaps reflecting their work in the home.
In the unemployed and retired categories, both men and women had considerably more free time than other three categories. Here too, men enjoyed more leisure time - over eighty hours, compared with seventy hours for women, perhaps once again reflecting the fact that women spend more time working the home than men.
Lastly, housewives enjoyed approximately fifty-four hours of leisure, on average. There were no figures given for househusbands! Overall, the chart demonstrates that in the categories for which statistics on male leisure time were available, men enjoyed at least ten hours of extra leisure time.
The chart illustrates the number of hours of leisure enjoyed by men and women in a typical week in 1998-9, according to gender and employment status.
Among those employed full-time, men on average had fifty hours of leisure, whereas women had approximately thirty-seven hours. There were no figures given for male part-time workers, but female part-timers had forty hours of leisure time, only slightly more than women in full-time employment, perhaps reflecting their work in the home.
In the unemployed and retired categories, both men and women had considerably more free time than other three categories. Here too, men enjoyed more leisure time - over eighty hours, compared with seventy hours for women, perhaps once again reflecting the fact that women spend more time working the home than men.
Lastly, housewives enjoyed approximately fifty-four hours of leisure, on average. There were no figures given for househusbands! Overall, the chart demonstrates that in the categories for which statistics on male leisure time were available, men enjoyed at least ten hours of extra leisure time.