The bar chart below shows the hours per week the teenagers spent doing certain activities from 2002 to 2007.

The bar chart below shows the hours per week the teenagers spent doing certain activities from 2002 to 2007.
The bar graph illustrates the amount of time spent on different activities by teenagers from the year 2002 to 2007.
Overall
, most time was spent
on
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watching television and watching DVDs,
whereas
the least was spent doing sports and bowling. The popularity of other activities, including going to pubs/discos, doing homework, and shopping, was relatively similar. In 2002 and 2003, teens spent 25
hours
per
week
watching television.
This
figure rose over the next four years, reaching well over 35
hours
by 2006 and 2007.
Furthermore
, around 11-17
hours
of their time was spent watching DVDs.
Although
at the beginning of the
period
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teens enjoyed spending only around 7-12
hours
of their
week
at
the
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pubs or discos, their popularity witnessed a significant increase over the years. By 2007, close to 20
hours
were spent at these places every
week
. In comparison, shopping showed only a slight increase in its popularity, peaking at 15
hours
by the end of the decade.
In contrast
,
hours
spent doing homework and playing sports decreased over the years, going from about 13 and 10
hours
to 7 and 2
hours
, respectively. Bowling, being the least popular among the teens, accounted for less than 5
hours
per
week
.
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