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. ) v.1
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. ) v. 1
The graph shows data between married men and women of the number of hours spent per week on unpaid work. At first glance at the chart, it is noticeable that from all the three categories (without children, with 1-2 children and with 3 or more children), married women spend more hours involved in unpaid work such as housework, gardening and childcare than expected from men. Married women with children spend more time than without children as the chart shows while having more than three children have invested around 60 hours of unpaid work. This is probably due to the extra load of housework and childcare that is evidently needed to run such a big family.
Furthermore, though there are visible variations of the number of hours of unpaid work carried out by married women, there is no significant variation among all three categories for married men in terms of work hours that are not paid (30 or fewer hours). In fact, it is observed that married men with three or more children spent slightly less number of unpaid work hours. This might be due to the high requirement of commitment needed for a paid job to meet financial requirements for a big family.
In conclusion, married women with three or more children spent the highest number of hours, yet married women from all categories spent a dramatically higher number of hours for unpaid work than married men.
The graph
shows
data between married
men
and
women
of the
number
of
hours
spent
per week on unpaid
work
. At
first
glance at the chart, it is noticeable that from all the three categories (without
children
, with 1-2
children
and with 3 or more
children)
, married
women
spend more
hours
involved in unpaid
work
such as housework, gardening and childcare than
expected
from
men
. Married
women
with
children
spend more time than without
children
as the chart
shows
while having more than three
children
have invested around 60
hours
of unpaid
work
. This is
probably
due to the extra load of housework and childcare
that is
evidently
needed to run such a
big
family.
Furthermore
, though there are visible variations of the
number
of
hours
of unpaid
work
carried out by married
women
, there is no significant variation among all three categories for married
men
in terms of
work
hours
that are not paid (30 or fewer
hours)
. In fact, it
is observed
that married
men
with three or more
children
spent
slightly
less
number
of unpaid
work
hours
. This might be due to the high requirement of commitment needed for a paid job to
meet
financial requirements for a
big
family.
In conclusion
, married
women
with three or more
children
spent
the highest
number
of
hours
,
yet
married
women
from all categories
spent
a
dramatically
higher
number
of
hours
for unpaid
work
than married
men
.
5Linking words, meeting the goal of 7 or more
44Repeated words, meeting the goal of 3 or fewer
0Mistakes