Chart and table provide allocation of men and women for the household activities, apart from paid work, in 2008 in the UK.
The table and bar chart give information about how much time men and women spent on household and leisure activities in the year of 2008 in the United Kingdom.
Overall, in most cases men spend relatively higher amount of time on recreational activities than women while the reverse was true in terms of household chores. Notably, cooking and washing, followed by the media, were the most popular pastime among both categories.
To start with details about the activities, taking the most time from both gender groups, TV, video, radio was the activity men and women allocated by far the highest amount of time, with the former showing 137 minutes and the latter 118. Even though men had dominance over expenditure of time in leisure activities, demonstrating more time spent than women did, reading was the exception where women spent 19 minutes, being a minute more than that of men. The allocation of time to sport activities stood out with lowest numbers; men spent 18 minutes while the figure for women was 19 minutes.
In contrast, women allocated far more time for most of the household activities than that of men with an exception of repairing where 20 minutes were required from men while women had their about 10 minutes spent on that. However, women dominated other categories such as cooking and washing with the all-time highest amount of time at around 70 minutes, approximately 50 minutes more than that of men. Men spent their least time on laundry, about 10 minutes, while shopping showed second the highest figure for men with 25 minutes per day. Expenditure of time to those activities was higher for women, at around 30 minutes for each household chores.
The essay is logically organized and presents a clear overview. It uses a range of cohesive devices and appropriate paragraphing. However, there are a few areas where the flow of information could be improved.
Suggestions
- Consider using more varied linking words to improve the flow of information.
- Ensure that each paragraph has a clear central topic and that all sentences in the paragraph relate to this topic.
The essay uses a wide range of vocabulary and there is evidence of less common and idiomatic language. However, there are a few instances of awkward or incorrect word choice.
The essay uses a mix of simple and complex sentence forms and there are very few grammatical errors. However, there are a few instances of awkward or incorrect sentence construction.
The essay addresses all parts of the task and presents a clear overview of the information. The essay also provides specific details and examples to support the main points. However, the essay could be improved by providing a more detailed comparison of the data.
Suggestions
- Provide a more detailed comparison of the data. For example, you could discuss the differences in time spent on household chores and leisure activities between men and women.