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BEST IELTS Academic Writing Task 1, 3rd August
IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
The first chart below shows the percentages of women and men in a country involved in some kinds (cooking, cleaning, pet caring and repairing the house). The second chart show the amount of time each gender spent on each task per day.
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The bar charts illustrate the proportions of males and females doing different tasks of housework, and the average time both sexes spent on doing each household chore a day.
Overall, more women than men performed the tasks of cooking and cleaning, while more men were in charge of pet care and house repairs. In addition, cooking and cleaning consume more time than the other tasks.
The percentage of women cooking was around a third higher than that of men spent doing the same task, at 90% and 60% in turn. Likewise, with 62%, the proportion of females involved in cleaning was 20% higher than that of males. In terms of the average time spent on these two common house chores, women outstrip men by allocating approximately 20 minutes more for each task per day than men.
Turning to another home task, an almost equal percentage of men and women (22% and 20%, respectively) are involved in pet care. Twice as many men as women took charge of repairing household appliances (18% compared with 9%). Both males and females devote, on average, 20 minutes per day to pet care. Women spent approximately 5 minutes per day on house repairs, which is three times less than the amount of time men spent on this task.
