The bar chart illustrates the data about six different leisure activities that children in New Zealand enjoy doing the most in 2007.
Overall, boys generally loved to spend their free time going to the park and playing sports, while girls represented a greater interest in art and crafts. It is also noticeable that both genders accounted for the same proportion for playing computer games.
In terms of art and crafts, approximately 7% of boys liked to spend their time on this activity, compared to around 25% of females. For reading books, about 10% of boys enjoyed doing it, while the figure for females was significantly higher at roughly 18%. Boys and girls both accounted for the same proportions at about 15% for computer games.
Regarding DVDs, nearly 15% of boys loved to watch, as opposed to around 17% of girls. As for going to the park, the percentage of boys (at around 25%) was far higher than that of the girls (at nearly 12%). For playing sports, the proportions for boys and girls were around 28% and 12% respectively.