The first chart below gives information about 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 first chart below gives information about 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
children
who took part in three different sports from 2008 to 2014.
It is clear that
parents spent more money each year on their
children
’s
participation
in sports over the six-year period. In terms of the number of
children
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
children
’s sporting activities. Parents’ spending on
children
’s sports increased gradually over the following six years, and by 2014 the average monthly amount had risen to just over £30. Looking at
participation
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 figures for football
participation
remained relatively stable over the following 6 years.
By contrast
,
participation
in swimming almost doubled, to nearly 4
million
children
, and there was a nearly fivefold increase in the number of
children
doing athletics.
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