Band 7+: The chart below shows the results of a survey in percentage terms comparing the participation in various home activities among young people aged 11 to 16 in four countries. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant Write at least 150 words.

The graph represents 4 different countries, detailing the percentage of different home activities that young people aged 11 to 16 joined.

Overall, computer games appeared to be the most popular home activity in all the country, whereas reading books is less common, with the exception of Scotland. Notably, watching tv is at the same level in all nations.

Looking first at computer games, this home activity ranked first in all nations, with the percentage ranging from the lowest at 40% in Scotland to the highest at 60% in Ireland. It is important to note that watching TV is the second most popular and equally preferred by young people in all these four countries.

Turning to remaining activities, board games and reading, in turn, lead the third and last position in all surveyed countries, except Scotland. There is a marked difference between Wales and Scotland, with the former being 30%, double that of the latter. England and Ireland had a lower rate by 5 and 10% respectively compared to Wales. The final activity in the survey, reading, had the most proportion in Scotland with 25%. All the other nations recorded 10% participants for this activity, except England where it stood at 20%.