The two charts display the average amount of money families spent on their children’s sports and the number of kids in Britain who took part in three different sports at that same time frame. In general, the amount of money parents spend on their kids’ sports activities increased annually.
To begin, at 2008 , parents in Britain spent just £20 on children’s sports. Looking at details, it is clear that foodball maintain the highest number of children with approximately 8 million in 2008. Through nearly 2.5 million kids participating, swimming was the second most popular sport, while athletics attracted the fewest participants – less than a million people.
Next, as the data suggested, the money spent by British parents increased nearly 5 pounds every 2 years. For athletics, it went up from almost 1 millions in 2010 to 5 millions in 2012. Similarly, between 2010 and 2012, the number of kids who swam increased steadily from 2.5 million to about 3 million. With football , it is not fluctuate much , almost 8 million enrolled in football.
Finally, parents in Britain spent the most money and reached at the maximum of 32 pounds on an average in 2014. The number of children playing football increased to nearly 10 millions.The athletics slightly declined to almost 5 participants in 2014. Additionally, the swimming continued to increase a bit, until below 4 million.
In contrast, between 2008 and 2014, British parents continued to spend more money on their kids’ sports since more and more children were participating in three different sports. In addition to swimming and athletics, football was the sport that parents spent the most money on.