The line graphs show the average monthly amount that was spent by parents in Britain on their children’s sport activities, and the number of British children who took part in different sports from 2008 to 2014.
It is clear that British parents spent more money each year for their children’s sports over a six-year period. In terms of the number of children participation, playing football was significantly more popular than athletics and swimming.
In 2008, the average amount of money that was spent by parents in UK on their children’s sports was about 20 pounds per month. The spending amount increased gradually throughout the years, and by 2014, becoming over 30 pounds per month.
Looking at children participation in three sports, around 8 million British children played football in 2008, while only below 2.5 million children enrolled in swimming, and less than one million practiced athletics. The number of footballers remained relatively stable around 8.5 million over the six-year period. By contrast, the participants in swimming doubled, at nearly 4.5 million in 2014, and the number of children who participated in athletics became a nearly fivefold at the end of the period, with approximately 5 million.