The bar chart provides a comparison of three age groups who participated in four leisure activities in 2012, measured in percentage.
Overall, considerable differences can be observed among the categories presented. While watching TV accounted for the highest figures across all age groups, the opposite was true for art, which generally recorded comparatively lower values. Another notable feature is that an upward trend with age was evident in most activities, although a significant disparity existed in art, where participation declined as children grew older.
In terms of the major categories, watching TV emerged as the leading group, recording notably high figures in nearly all groups surveyed. The percentage for the 12-16 age group stood at nearly 100%, which was approximately double the amount recorded for art in the same group (48%). Similarly, the figures for riding the bike also remained remarkably high at around 95% for the oldest children. These values were significantly higher than those recorded for the remaining groups.
By comparison, reading and art accounted for relatively more modest percentage levels overall. In reading, although the 9-11 and 12-16 groups recorded remarkably high values at around 75%, the corresponding figure for the 5-8 group was substantially lower at only 68%. Notably, a striking contrast was observed in art; while it represented the weakest performance overall in the oldest group at merely 48%, this subject actually showed a downward trend from 60% to 48%, whereas other activities generally increased with age.