The chart shows the hours per week spent watching TV by gender and by age group in 2001 in Australia. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The given bar chart illustrates the difference in television consumption between males and females, measured in

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per week in the year 2001 in Australia.

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it is clear that

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the highest amount of watching TV was observed among children aged below 15,

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the lowest figure was recorded for those aged 36 to 45.

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with, the youngest cohort had the most significant watching

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, particularly girls with approximately 26

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, surpassing their counterparts, boys, who spent only roughly 14

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.

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, in 15-25 and 26-35 brackets, both genders maintained nearly identical habits, each allocating around 19 and 16

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, respectively.

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, a major decline was seen in the 36-45 age group, where males and females watched close to 10 and 8

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each, which are the lowest among all categories.

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, the viewing times began to rise sharply from age 46 onwards, with the 46 to 55 bracket accounting for roughly 14 for men and 17 for women, and culminating with the age group over 55, where males devoted nearly 20

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per week, and females followed closely with about 16.