The given chart demonstrates the total number of hours per week that adolescents in Chester spent on certain leisure activities between 2002 andto 2007. Overall, watching television consistently attracted the most attention among teenagers, while bowling receive the least time throughout the period. Time allocated to activities such as going to pubs and discos, shopping, and watching television showed a general increase over the six-year period, whereas other pursuits—including doing homework, playing sports, watching DVDs, and bowling—experienced a decline.
Time spent on going to pubs/ discos, watching television and shopping saw an upward trends throughout the period. In 2002, teenagers spent around 8 hours per week going to pubs/ discos, which steadily increased to 12 hours per week in 2004, remained constant for three years, and then surged to 18 hours by 2007. Time allocated to/ spent shopping followed a more steady upward trend, starting at 7 hours and increasing gradually to 15 hours in 2007. Television viewing began at 25 hours per week and remained unchanged for the next year, before increasing sharply to reach a peak of 37 hours per week in 2007.
Conversely, time devoted for other activities declined or fluctuated over the six-year span. homework and sports began at 12 hours and 10 hours per week, respectively, and both witnessed a gradual decline, to 8 hours and 7 hours in 2004. For the final 3 years, time spent doing homework reduce slightly to 6,5 hours, while the figure for sports dropped dramatically to just 2 hours per week by 2007. Watching DVDs showed a fluctuating trend over the period, starting at roughly 10 hours per week, rising temporarily in the next 2 years to a high of 17,5 hours, and ultimately returning to nearly its original. initial level by 2007. Lastly, bowling experienced minor changes/ variations, remaining the least time-consuming activity, never exceeding 5 hours per week.