The bar chart illustrates the percentage of teenage boys and girls who adored different pastimes in Australia in 2010.
Overall, while boys generally enjoyed outdoor activities, such as Sports and going for a walk, girls tended to join indoor ones – Books, Art and Craft. However, playing computer games and watching DVD were equally among both sexes.
In terms of Art and Craft, the figures for boys and girls were dramatically different, 7,5% and 25% respectively. Similar trend was seen regarding to the Books, the percentage of males was 10% compared to 17,5% of females. At the same time, outdoor activities experienced an opposite trend. Especially Sports were adored by 27,5% of boys and 12,5% of girls. There was rather a similar tendency related to going to the park, as the proportion of boys who enjoyed it made up 25%, while the figure for girls was just 12,5%.
In contrast, there were two activities which were equally common for both genders. Firstly, the percentage of teenagers playing video games was 15% for both. Secondly, the figures of boys and girls interested in DVD, was 15% and 17,5% respectively.
