The chart below gives information about the most common sports played in New' Zealand in 2002. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.
The bar chart compares the proportion of youth and girls who participated in various
sports
in New Zealand in the year 2002.
Overall
, it is apparent that there were significant differences in the percentage of lad and girls who took part in most of these sports
, whereas
basketball and tennis experienced a similar character in both genders.
Among women, the most common sports
were netball and swimming which made up over 25% and 23%, respectively, followed by tennis, basketball, and athletics, which all had a character of under 10%. By contrast
, cricket and modern arts were the least common activities chosen by women, which represented a mere 1% and 2% in that order. Finally
, 10% of women took part in other activities.
When it comes to the figure for lads, the sports
with the highest participation character were soccer, swimming, and cricket with 25%, 13%, and 12%, respectively. Meanwhile, martial arts, basketball, and tennis were in the next position which all had a figure between 8% and 11%. In stark contrast, the most striking feature can be seen from the chart is that fewer boys participated in athletics and netball than ladies did which were only 3% and 1%, compared to 5% and 21% of girls in that order. About 18% of fellows played other sports
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