The graph below gives information about the preferred leisure activities of Australian children. Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information shown leisure activities of Australian children

The graph shows the preferred leisure activities of Australian children aged 5-14. As might be expected, it is clear from the data that sedentary pursuits are far more popular nowadays than active ones. Of the 10,000 children that were interviewed, all the

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stated that they enjoyed watching TV or videos in their spare time.

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most popular activity, attracting 80% of

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and 60% of

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, was playing electronic or computer games.

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rated activities

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as art and craft highly just under 60% stated that they enjoyed these in their spare time only 35% of

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opted for creative pastimes. Bike riding,

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, was almost as popular as electronic games among-est

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and, perhaps surprisingly, almost 60% of

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said that they enjoyed

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too. Skateboarding was relatively less popular among-est both

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and

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,

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it still attracted 35% of

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and 25% of

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.