The bar graph illustrates activities among teenagers according to seven categories, including going to pubs/discos, watching television, shopping, doing homework, doing sport, watching DVDs, and bowling between 2002 and 2007 in the UK.
Overall, watching television was the most popular feature of the bar graph. Teenagers preferred watching television more than others while playing bowling was the least popular. Data is measured in weekly hours.
Regarding watching television, initially, this figure accounted for 25 hours in a week in 2002 and 2003. In the following years, watching television rose to 30 and 35 hours in a week in 2004 and 2005, respectively. This figure experienced a smooth increase within next 2 years, 37 and 38 hours in 2006 and 2007, respectively. Another significant part is bowling over the period. To compare with watching television, bowling was less popular among teenagers. The number of hours made up approximately 5 hours each year This figure was 4 hours in 2002, however it fell by an hour at the end of the graph.
On the other hand, watching DVDs experienced a gradual fluctuation. Watching DVDs was 11 hours in a week at the beginning of the graph. This figure peaked at 18 hours in 2004. Interest of watching DVDs declined again in the next years, this figure stood at 17, 12, and 10 hours in 2005, 2006, and 2007, respectively. Shopping activity rose around 3 hours each year while hours of doing homework fell 3 hours each year. Shopping and doing homework represented 15 and 7 hours at the end of the graph, respectively. Both going to pubs/discos and doing sport fluctuated gradually over the period. Going to pubs reached its peak level at 17 hours in 2007. In contrast, doing sport was about 10 hours in a week.