The two pie charts draw the conclusion of a survey of boys' and girls' cultural and leisure activities.

Overall, equal quantities of both sexes enjoyed listening to music, but a dramatically larger number of girls liked reading. There were
also
many differences in terms of the children's preferred sports. Turning to the
first
chart
, we can observe that boys prefer playing computer games (34% participation rate) than taking other activities. Playing basketball comes as the
second
most popular leisure, practiced by almost a
third
of male children. Basketball is followed by soccer, which is exercised by 17%. Skateboarding and listening to music
are
Suggestion
is
less preferable activities, chosen by 11% and 10% of boys respectively. Reading, the least popular cultural activity among boys, represents only two percent. Taking a closer look at the
second
chart
, we can see that girls' most preferred activity is dancing, being 27% of the total.
In contrast
to the boys' preferences, reading is chosen by more than a fifth of all girls.
Although
percentage
Suggestion
the percentage
of female children who play computer games is roughly twice less than that of boys (16%),
this
activity is
third
most popular on the girls'
chart
. With a slight difference between computer games and netball, the latter is practiced at 15% rate.
Similarly
to skateboarding popularity among boys, 11% of girls go in for gymnastics. Listening to music comes as the least popular leisure, with a proportion of 10%, equal to those on the
first
chart
.
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