The Table below shows the results of a survey that asked 6800 Scottish adults (aged 16 years and over) whether they had taken part in different cultural activities in the past 12 months. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

The table illustrates the data of a survey completed by Scottish

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aged 16 to 74 on their participation in a range of cultural activities in the past 12-month timescale.

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, it is clearly evident that

adults

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of all

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groups were highly interested in any performance and least favoured writing and computer-based activities. In detail, the most involvement with 35% and 30% respectively doing performances like dancing, singing, playing musical instruments and acting

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visual arts was seen in the

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group of 16 to 24, though their interests in

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, cultural purchases and computer-based were much lower at only approximately one in ten. Turning to the older

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group, 25-44, the popularity of any performances among them was the highest standing at 22% and a similar rate of interest was seen for

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for

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of

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between 45 and 74.

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,

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, cultural purchases and visual arts show much lower figures, which are only under a fifth for

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of

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below 40. Again, the participation of these two groups of people in writing was worse, as was interest in computers. The examination of data of all aged groups together reveals that the performances and

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were the most popular, at over 19%

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cultural purchases and visual arts were slightly least popular at 16% and 15% respectively.

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, too little interest was shown in writing and computers.