The bar chart illustrates the preferred recreational activities of male and female teenagers in Canada across four distinct categories: sports, computer games, music, and shopping.
Overall, the data reveals a significant gender disparity in most categories, particularly in shopping and sports, where male interest substantially exceeds female interest. Music stands out as the only activity that enjoys an identical level of popularity across both groups, while computer games show the most balanced distribution among the remaining activities.
The most striking difference is observed in shopping, which was the most popular activity for boys, accounting for over 35% of their preferences. In stark contrast, only approximately 7% of girls identified shopping as their favorite activity, representing a fivefold difference. A similar trend is evident in sports, which were favored by 27% of boys compared to only 12% of girls, meaning boys were more than twice as likely to prefer this category.
In contrast to the larger disparities, music and computer games showed much closer correlation between the genders. Music was the most evenly distributed category, with exactly 20% of both boys and girls selecting it as their favorite leisure pursuit. Similarly, computer games were preferred by 18% of boys and 15% of girls. This 3% difference represents the narrowest margin of disparity among all activities where a gender gap was recorded.