The given charts illustrate the amount of money spent on physical activities for children by British parents and how many children are involved in three distinguished sports in Britain from 2008 to 2014.
Overall, it is evident that the expenditure on children’s sports by British parents increased exponentially throughout the period. Meanwhile, football is the most attractive activity compared to athletics and swimming.
In 2008, 20 pounds was the average monthly spend on children’s sports. After that, more money was invested on children’s physical activities as it saw a rise to 25 pounds in 2010, followed by a gradual increase to approximately 27.5 pounds in 2012 and reached the peak of 32 pounds in 2014.
In terms of the number of children participating in sports, football captured the most attraction from young participants with nearly 8 million participants in 2008, after which it remained stable for 2 years before experiencing a slight increase to approximately 9 million participants in 2012. There were about 2 million children engaging in swimming in 2008, however, in the following period, the figure rose gradually to reach the peak of 3.75 million children in 2014. Although there were less than 1 million children participating in athletics at the beginning of the period, the figure witnessed an incredible soar to 5 million children in 2012, after that it slightly increased but with inconsiderable participants.