The bar chart compares the proportion of males and females aged 16 to 24 in England based on the time they spent on sports and exercise each week.
Overall, women were significantly more likely than men to not exercise at all, whereas men’s participation was dominant in higher activity levels. In general, as the weekly exercise time increased, men’s participation rate consistently dominated women’s.
In greater detail, about half (43%) of young women took no part in physical leisure activities, almost double (22%) of the men in the same category. Moreover, the only other bracket where women dominated men is the less than 1-hour duration, where female participation in exercise was about 5% higher than that of their counterparts. Moreover, the only instance of parity between both genders was observed during the 1-3 hours exercise and sport bracket, where around 20% of both sexes participated.
Moving forward, the gender gap widened evidently in the higher ranges. Roughly 12% of men compared to 10% of women exercised for 3-5 hours, followed by 5-7 hour category of sports and exercise, where men’s participation reached more than double that of women. Lastly, for a 7-hour and more time range, men’s engagement in sports is more than 2 times that of women.
To sum it up, young English men are more active than young women, particularly during higher weekly activity levels. In contrast, women are more likely to be inactive in their leisure time