The chart illustrate a comparison between participation rate of boys and girls aged from 5 to 14 taking part in cultural activities and Sports in Australia in 2003. Overall, during the examined timeline girls were mostly interested in participating in cultural activities, while boys participated in sports more oftenly. The biggest gap between the two genders can be witnessed in the dancing activity
Drama and Singing programs attracted equal number of boys and girls with over 4% of male students and 5% female students taking part in drama and singing activities. Additionally. dancing was most/y popular among girls with a participation rate of nearly 25%, far higher than statistics related to male students at approximately 2%
However, boys showed more interest in activities including playing musical instruments and sports. For instance, over 15% of the male students played musical instruments as their hobby, while only 10% of female students were interested in the same category. The exact same scenario can be witnessed in participation rate of students in sports. Sports was more popular among boys than girls with a tiny margin of over 15%.