Chart 2
Girls reported spending more time doing homework than do boys

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This is a vertical bar graph that illustrates the number of hours boys and girls aged 15 to 19 reported doing homework in 1986, 1992, 1998 and 2005.

The Y axis is measured by hours and increases by increments of 0.4 hours from 0 up to 3.2 hours.

On the X axis from left to right there are two bars for each of 1986, 1992, 1998 and 2005. The first bar is males and the second bar is for females.

Each bar represents the number of hours spent doing homework in a day for the respective group.

The figures in 1986 were 2.6 hours for males and 2.7 hours for females. In 1992, the figures were 2.6 hours for males and 2.8 hours for females. In 1998, the data points were 2.1 hours for males and 2.8 hours for females and in 2005 the data points were 2.2 for males and 2.5 for females.

Note: Homework participants, 15 to 19 years old.
Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey