The bar chart illustrates the percentages of men and women who took part in five different sports at least once during the previous month.
Overall, men were more likely than women to participate in football and running, whereas women showed higher participation rates in tennis and ice-skating. Basketball attracted an equal proportion of both genders.
Football was by far the most popular sport among men, with approximately 60% participating, compared to only about 15% of women. In contrast, tennis was more popular among women, at around 40%, while roughly 30% of men took part. Participation in basketball was relatively low and identical for both genders, at just under 20%.
Running also showed a clear gender difference, with close to 50% of men participating , compared with around 25% of women. Finall, ice-skating was more common among women, at approximately 40%, whereas only about a quarter of men engaged in this activity
