Band 6+: The table below illustrates UK participation in selected sports by gender between 2005/06 and 2008/09. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The table below presents data of involvement in presented sports by males and females in the UK in the period from 2005/2006 to 2008/2009. The data are shown in percentages.

Overall, it is clear that men started to take part in selected sports more in 2008/2009 than it was in 2005/2006, with two out of three sports experienced a growth in male involvement. On the female side of a table, only one sport out of presented had an increase in participation.

Following the data, the male group had started to be more into cycling throughout the years, with a raise of 1,7% in participation from 2005/2006 to 2008/2009. In the contrary, women reduced participation in cycling activity from 7.0% to 6.4%, with a decrease of 0,6%. Male activity in swimming or diving remained relatively stable, with a decrease of 0.3% year to year, while women’s participation experienced a slight fluctuation in cycling, following the reduction of 0,6%.