report writing practice #2

The table below gives information on the percentage of different age groups who participated in various leisure activities in Canada. I have summarised the information by selecting and reporting the main features and made comparisons where relevant.

The chart illustrates the proportion of four different age group subjects surveyed regarding Canadian leisure activities. At first glance, the most popular activity for younger people, teenagers and people in their twenties, is shopping; results showing 32 percent and 27 percent respectively selected this. People in the older age bracket, including those in their thirties and forties, prefer reading books to other activities (25% and 35% for each). Moreover, the least popular leisure activity amongst all subjects is playing video games, as less than 10 percent of the subjects chose this.

According to the table, knitting and gardening are the least well-known hobbies for younger groups, statistics showing this being at about 2 percent. However, this activity is the second most popular leisure activity for older groups accounting for approximately a fifth relatively of the total subjects. In addition, the 10 to 20 year age bracket have a preference for watching movies, proving that around one-fourth of the subjects prefer this activity, whereas it is not favored by those between the ages of 30 to 40, this group only accounting for around 5 percent of the total. Finally, results showed that a similar level of preference was shown for activities such as listening to the radio and music across all participants, statistics showing about 15 percent prefer this activity. Overall, it appears that opinions vary in regards to activities depending on the age of participants.