The first chart below gives information about the money spent by British parents on their children’s sports between 2008 and 2014. The second chart shows the number of children who participated in three sports in Britain over the same time period.

The line graphs show the average monthly amount that parents in Britain spent on their children’s sporting activities and the number of British teenagers who took part in three different sports from 2008 to 2014.

It is clear that

parents spent more money each year on their offspring’s attendance in sports over the six-year period. In terms of the figure for kids taking part, football was significantly more popular than athletics and swimming. In 2008, British parents spent an average of around £20 per month on their offspring’s sporting activities. Parents’ spending on offspring’s sports increased gradually over the following six years, and by 2014 the average monthly proportion had risen to just over £30. Looking at attendance numbers, in 2008 approximately 8

million

British children played football,

while

only 2

million

children were enrolled in swimming clubs and less than 1

million

practised athletics. The data for football participation remained relatively stable over the following 6 years.

By contrast

, attendance in swimming almost doubled, to nearly 4

million

kids, and there was an equivalently fivefold rise in the proportion of children doing athletics.