A glance at provided charts compare the average time in a day for reading and listening to music that different age groups in New Zealand spending in spare time.
It is obvious that the average minutes spent on reading shows an upward trend corresponding to the increase in the age group. People of the age from 15 to 24 spend the largest amount of time listening to music, followed by the 55+ age group. The individuals from 35 to 44 spend the least amount of time compared to other groups whereas these at the age of 25 to 34 and 45 to 54 exhibit equality in listening time.
Teenagers from 15 to 24 years old spend only 20 minutes per day reading while that of adults from 25 to 34 is approximately 35 minutes. Reading time of people over 55 years old dominate by almost 70 minutes, accounting for the highest number, followed by 50% and 45% of group from 45 to 54 and 35 to 44, respectively.
Conversing with reading time, the largest listening to music time recorded by individuals from 15 to 24 with 80 minutes per day, came after 75 minutes of elderly people while the smallest number is 45 minutes of 35 to 44 age group. There is a balance between the age group of 25 to 34 and 45 to 54 that they spend equally an hour per day listening to music.