The given chart demonstrates total weekly hours that adolescents spent on certain activities in Chester during the period from 2002 to 2007. Overall, among these activities, watching television was gaining popularity among young people, consistently occupying the highest number of hours throughout the period. In contrast, bowling didn’t seem to attract much interest, with the lowest hours recorded each year.
Time spent on going to pubs/ discos, watching television and shopping saw an upward trend throughout the period. In 2002, teenagers spent around 8 hours per week going to pubs/ discos, this has steadily increased to 12 hours per week in 2004, after 3 years remaining at this value, it rapidly grew and reached 18 hours each week at the end of the period. Time allocation for shopping also started at 7 hours on a weekly basis, however, unlike the pattern seen on going to pubs/ discos – which plateaued before surging – increased gradually and consistently, ultimately reaching 15 hours in 2007. Notably, although the amount of time spent on watching television remained unchanged at 25 weekly hours in the first 2 years, it saw an increase and peaked at 37 hours per week in 2007.
Conversely, time used for other activities had a downward trend between 2002 and 2007. The amount of time young people spent on doing homework and doing sport began at 12 hours and 10 hours each week respectively. Over the period, both activities witnessed a gradual decline, with the time allocated to homework falling to 7 hours and that for sports dropping significantly to just 2 hours per week by 2007. Watching DVDs showed a fluctuating trend over the period: it began at roughly 10 hours per week, rose for a time, then fell, and ultimately returned to the original level by 2007. Lastly, bowling experienced minor ups and downs during the period; however, its weekly time allocation stayed under 5 hours at all times.