The bar chart below shows percentages of three groups of Australian children taking part in four kinds of activities in 2012. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

The bar chart below shows percentages of three groups of Australian children taking part in four kinds of activities in 2012.  Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.
The bar graph details the preferences of four types of leisure activities among Australian
children
in three groups in the year 2012. Looking from an
overall
perspective, it is readily apparent that watching
TV
was the most popular
activity
chosen by all teenagers. Reading, doing art and riding the bike
was
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less common options for kids from 5 to 16 years. Specifically, there was a positive correlation between increases
of
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ages
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and the percentage of
children
who would watch
TV
in their spare time. Watching
TV
is
also
apparently the most popular
activity
among
children
. More or less 90% of them chose to watch
TV
when they have time.
By contrast
, doing artwork was considered the least common
activity
selected by
children
for all age groups, which
were
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lower than 60%. For reading, no significant difference was seen among the three age groups, and the figures stayed over 60%. In comparison, the figures for 12 to 16 years old
children
saw the highest rate which merely reached 80%, and
this
was around 10% higher than that of the 9 to
11 year
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age group who anticipate the same
activity
.
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