The bar charts illustrate the percentage of males and their counterparts enjoying the free time between 1996 and 2006 and going to various places in 2006.
Overall, the number of men was higher than females over ten years surveyed. The proportion of males travelling to Pop Centre was highest, additionally, Beach experienced the highest number of women visiting.
Looking first at the number of citizens who enjoy their leisure time, 90% of men preferring their free time was surveyed in 1996, which is about more than 50% compared to females. But after ten years, this figure decreased significantly by 20%. By contrast, the percentage of women experienced a substantial increase of approximately 24%, from about 38% to 62% between 1996 and 2006. Despite growth, the number of females was continually lower than their counterparts in 2006.
Turning to the percentage of people going to different locations in 2006, there was 20% and 15% of males going to museums and KTV, respectively, which is roughly 2% to 5% higher than their corresponding. Moreover, the proportion of men (30%) is double of women (15%) in Pop Center in the period surveyed. By contrast, cinemas had 25% of women visiting, which is more than 15% compared to men who go there. There were 25% and 30% of males and females travelling to the beach in 2006, respectively.