The table illustrates the proportion of people living in urban and rural areas who participated in four leisure activities: reading, animated plays, playing, and photography from 1990 to 2010.
Overall, there has been an increase in participation in reading and photography in both urban and rural areas. However, urban areas have seen a decline in playing and animated play, whereas rural areas show stability.
Looking first at reading and photography, reading became the most popular activity in 1990, with 61% urban and 71% rural. By 2020, this figure rose to 78% in both areas, indicating a significant rise in urban participation and steady growth in rural areas. Photography, in both urban and rural areas, has gone from 10% over the period.
Turning to the remaining activities, participation in animated plays all remained the same, with urban participation unchanged at 10% between 1990 and 2010, and rural areas showed a decrease from 18% to 14%. The proportion of adults playing declined in cities from 21% to 14%, while the countryside remained steady at 26% across both years.