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The bar char below shows the hours per week that teenagers spend doing certain activities in Chester from 2002-2007.

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The bar chart illustrates how many
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 adolescents in Chester spent on seven activities each week between 2002 and 2007.
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, the most popular activity over the period given was watching TV,
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 bowling was the least favourite. Going to pubs and discos, watching TV and shopping all showed an increase in the number of
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teenagers
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 spend on these activities. The other pursuits showed a decrease in
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, except watching DVDs which fluctuated.
Teenagers
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 spent 25
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 watching television in 2002 and it
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 increased to almost 40
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 in the final year. Both going to pubs and discos
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 and shopping more than doubles in
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 from over 5 to over 15 and from over 15 to exactly 15 respectively.
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teenagers
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 occupied 10
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 doing homework in 2002,
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 figure dropped to just over 5 in 2007. Playing sports fell more dramatically from 10
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 to around 3
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. Bowling was under 5
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 throughout the entire period declining by about 4
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 in total. The number of
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teenagers
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 dedicated to watching DVDs was only 10
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 in the first and final years
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 but reached a peak of over 15
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 in 2004 and 2005.
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