The table illustrates which type of TV programs young people in different age brackets in a country in Europe preferred in 2012.
Overall, only feature films and sports were similarly popular across the three age groups, while clear differences were seen in the other types of TV programs.
Looking first at feature films and sports, the former was the most popular among 15-20-year-olds, at 23%, and the figures for those aged 21-25 and 11-15 were slightly lower, at 20% and 18% respectively. The opposite pattern was seen in sports programs. 22% of 11-15-year-olds and 21-25-year-olds preferred these programs, while only 18% of people in the 15-20 age group did so.
In the case of cartoons, preference levels dropped significantly with age, from 29% among 11-15-year-olds to only 4% among 21-25-year-olds. The reverse pattern was observed in news programs, with figures rising from 6% to 23%. TV dramas also saw a rising trend, but to a lesser extent, from 8% of those aged 11-15 to 19% of those aged 21-25. As for soap operas, those in the ages of 11-15 and 21-25 have a similar level of preference, at around 18%, compared to 12% of those aged 15-20.
