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Trang 3The chart below shows the average hours of housework per week by people of
different sexes and with different status in Fantasia.
30 20
50
15
55
10 0
10 20 30 40 50
60 hours
Without children
With 1-2 children
With 3+
children
Married women Married men
What does the chart
describe?
It describes the average hours of housework per week
of married men and
women.
What does the
vertical axis show? number of hours It shows the
per week.
What does the horizontal
axis describe?
It describes 3 groups of
family.
What do the dark blue columns illustrate?
They illustrate the number of hours of housework of married
women
What about the yellow
columns?
They describe the number
of hours of housework of
married men
Who, in general, does more
housework?
In, general, married women do more housework than men
Do married women have to
do more or less housework when they have more
children?
They have to do more housework when they have more children
How many hours per week
do married men and women without children spend on their housework?
They spend 20 and 30 hours
respectively
How long does it take men and women with 1 or 2 children to do their housework every week?
It takes them 15 and 20 hours respectively.
How much time do men and women with 3 or more children spend on their housework?
They spend 10 and 55
hours on their housework
What do you think should be done
to reduce the unequal distribution
of housework hours per week between married men and
women?
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To family without children, women spend (1) per week doing housework whereas this number is only (2) for men However, In families of one or _(3)_ children, women’s hours of work at home rises to _ (4) per week because of taking care of their (5)
With families having 3 or more children, _ (6)_ have to work harder It takes women _(7) a week to do housework while their husbands share with only _(8)_
From the chart, it can be seen that the unequal distribution of housework hours
30 20
50
15
55
10 0
10
20
30
40
50
60
hours
Without children
With 1-2 children
With 3+
children
Married women Married men
30 hours
20 hours two
children
women
50 hours
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