The bar chart illustrates the various activities preferred by boys and girls aged 5-9 in New Zealand in 2007.
Overall, it can be seen from the graph that boys enjoyed outdoor activities, such as sports and going to the Park, while girls were interested in indoor amusements like Arts and Craft, Books, DVDs and computer games.
Among boys the most popular activity was sports, with approximately 28% of boys participating. In the meantime, the runner up to Sports was reported to be Going to the park, with 25% of the participants. Both computer games and DVDs engaged 15% of boys each.
The least popular activities for boys were reading books and participating in art and craft, which accounted for about 10% and 7 %, respectively.
Turning to the girls, the most of them were interested in Arts and Craft, which comprised 25%. Besides, the number of girls reading books made up 18%, which was higher than boys almost twice. In terms of DVDs, girls watching them constituted approximately 17% while the proportion who played computer games was only 15%. Finally, the smallest part of girls enjoyed walking in the pak and playing sports, each comprising just 10%.