This chart below shows how the UK unemployed spent their time in the year 1982 Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant

This table outlines the daily activities of British men and women in the year 1982, presenting facts that may be used for further analysis.

It was not very surprising that the majority of men, or 22% of the sample size, spent their mornings searching for employment. It was, however, quite interesting to note that an almost equivalent amount of men used their mornings to shop (20%) or do housework (19%). This was closely followed by an affinity for gardening at 14% of those surveyed. The others spent their time reading (9%), sleeping in (8%), decorating (7%), as well as other activities such as walking and traveling (5%), playing sport (4%), and drinking (2%).

The afternoon was not significantly different for men where the majority watching TV (14%), tended their garden (13%), or hunted for jobs (12%). It was interesting to note that housework and shopping decreased in frequency at 7% and 9%, respectively. Other activities, on the whole, did not differ much in frequency with the exceptions of doing nothing. This increased from 3% to 9% along with walking, which also increased by 3%.

This was in stark contrast with women where the overwhelming majority preferred to spend their mornings doing housework (49%). Shopping was the second most frequent use of time at 26%, followed by job hunting at 16%. While women tended to visit friends and family moreso than their male counterparts at 10% vs 6%, most other activities were not significantly different than men. Gardening was an exception, which the majority of women did not prefer to do at only 2%.

The afternoons for women involved a change in focus. More wished to spend time with friends and family at 17% but the majority were still opting for housework (21%), shopping (17%), and job hunting (13%).

Overall, the trends for men and women were different. It would be more useful if data was segregated by age.