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There is a strong gender disparity in time majority of the students were female,
usage between work and household followed by male students (μ = 0.81), who
tasks – men are more prone to engage spent their full time reading and writing
in jobs and females in domestic chores (μ = 0.96). This also illustrates the highly
(Winn & Heeter, 2020). Participants significant relation through lockdown
were asked to estimate activities with female students and reading /
involved in different leisure and non- writing activities. In developed countries,
leisure activities. Non-leisure activities studies have shown that girls have less
tasks comprised time spent at reading/ time for leisure activities than boys and
writing, playing computer games, doing have a higher workload at school and
exercise yoga meditation and cooking at home (Levison et al. 2001; Ritchie et
while leisure activities included watching al . 2004). It is evident from the data
television, using social sites, and playing that male students did more activities
games. such as exercise/yoga/mediation than
female respondents in their spare time,
The association between the different
activities during lockdown and the although it was not considered to be
gender of the respondent has been significant. Networking sites and the
examined in Table 2. As people face internet naturally get quite relevant for
isolation time at home, this led to the modern scenario. Almost nothing
an ideal condition to be involved in would be possible without the internet
watching television (Dixit et al, 2020). for the present generation. Nowadays,
Female participants were found to watch almost nothing is going to be possible
T.V higher than male students, which without the internet. There has been
indicates the important correlation (p an enhanced use of social sites in the
= 0.017) that women are more likely current circumstances of the COVID-19
to watch TV, whereas males (μ = 0.33) pandemic with an international
were found to be even more interested quarantine state, as individuals have
in video games than female students (μ nothing else to do (Dixit et al, 2020).
= 0.18), and that's highly significant (p = In our research, women have been
0.000) at the level of 0.01. Male gender observed to have much more exposure
seemed to be more active in playing to social sites than male respondents
computer games in another research whatever the reason behind it be.
finding (Winn & Heeter, 2020). The

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