The charts show the percentage of boys and girls aged 5-14 taking part in cultural activities and sports in Australia in 2003.

the bar graph illustrates the proportion of 5-14 - year-old

boys

and

girls

taking part in different organized cultural activities and organized sports in Australia in the year 2003.

overall

,

while

a majority of

girls

participated in the dancing activity in the surveyed year, the figure for

boys

was significantly high in the organized sport. remarkably, only a meagre percentage of

boys

partook in cultural activities. looking at detail, the category of

boys

aged 5-14 years old taking part in drama, dancing and singing took up approximately 4%,

whereas

over 15% of

boys

were recorded to play musical instruments. the figure for

girls

in dancing activity hit its peak of a quarter, whilst a similar percentage of

girls

participated in drama and singing activities, accounting for 5%. 10% of

girls

took part in the activity of playing musical instruments in the given year. in terms of organised sport, the figure for

boys

aged 5-14 years old reached roughly 70%, which was far higher than the participation of

girls

, taking up 52%.