The bar chart illustrates how much time teenagers weekly spend on different activities in

Chester over a 5-year period starting from 2002.

Overall, hours per week spent going to pubs/discos, watching television, and shopping were on
the rise, while the opposite trends could be seen in doing homework, doing sport, watching
DVDs, and bowling. Additionally, watching TV was the most preferred activity among
teenagers during the period shown.
In 2002, there were 25 hours spent watching TV, followed by the figures for going to
pubs/discos and shopping, accounting for around 7 and 6 hours respectively. After the
following 5 years, the figure for watching TV increased significantly to approximately 37
hours. Similarly, the figures for going to pubs/discos and shopping experienced a gradual rise to
nearly 18 hours and 15 hours respectively.
About 13 hours were spent doing homework in 2002, followed by the figures for watching
DVDs and doing sports activities, making up nearly 11 hours and 10 hours respectively. In the
next 5 years, the figure for doing homework gradually declined to about 7 hours while there
was a significant reduction of nearly 8 hours in time spent on doing sports. In contrast, the
amount spent watching DVDs rose considerably to reach its peak at nearly 17 hours in 2004
before falling to 10 hours in the year 2007. Blowing was the less common activity, around 4
hours in 2002, and decreased to 1 hour in 2007.