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

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and

girls

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

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,

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a majority of

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

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

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

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

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over 15% of

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were recorded to play musical instruments. the figure for

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

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

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

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

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, taking up 52%.