The bar chart illustrates the proportion of boys and girls aged 5 to 14 who participated in various cultural activities and organized sports in the year 2003. Overall, girls showed higher participation rates in cultural activities, while boys had a significantly larger proportion in organized sports.
Focusing first on the larger numbers, the proportion of boys aged 5 to 14 participating in organized sports was 70%, which was higher than the participation rate of girls at 55%.
In contrast, dancing was notably more popular among girls, with a participation rate of 25% compared to only around 2% for boys. For drama and singing, 5% of girls participated, whereas 4% of boys took part in these activities. The only area where boys outnumbered girls was in playing musical instruments, with 15% of boys involved compared to about 10% of girls.