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

boys

and

girls

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

In addition

, the

second

most popular activity, attracting 80% of

boys

and 60% of

girls

, was playing electronic or computer games.

While

girls

rated activities

such

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

boys

opted for creative pastimes. Bike riding,

on the other hand

, was almost as popular as electronic games among-est

boys

and, perhaps surprisingly, almost 60% of

girls

said that they enjoyed

this

too. Skateboarding was relatively less popular among-est both

boys

and

girls

,

although

it still attracted 35% of

boys

and 25% of

girls

.