The graph depicts the time teenagers spent across varying activities per week in Chester between the years 2002 to 2007; figures are measured in hours.
Overall, the data reveals that most of the time was allocated to watching television, while playing bowling accounted for the least activity.
In terms of watching television, this activity showed relatively the largest rate across the examined years, which accounted for 25, 25, 30, 35, 37, and 38 hours per week throughout the years, revealing a steady inclination over the years passed. Moreover, teenagers watching DVDs made up a lesser level, which recorded at 11, 15, 18, 17, 13 and 10 hours per week over the subsequent year, these numbers highlighting a volatile trajectory over the years. In addition, going to pubs/discos showed a stable increase from 2002 to 2007, generating 8, 9, 12, 12, and 18 hours respectively. This pattern was echoed in the shopping category, yielding 7, 10, 10, 13, 15 and 15 respectively in the same following years. Conversely, a pronounced reduction was demonstrated by the doing homework demographic, generating 12, 10, 10, 8, 7, and 6 hours out of 24 hours per week from 2002 onwards. This trend was observable in the doing sport group; teenagers practicing sport accounted for 10, 9, 8, 7, 4, and merely 2 hours respectively. Lastly, the bowling category reduced even further, registering 4, 3, 2, 4, 2, and just 1 hour. The overall trends suggest that teenagers are transitioning to allocate their time for entertainment rather than pursuing a healthy lifestyle