The given graphs show the data for how much parents monthly finance their children's joining sporting activities and the quantity of boys and girls taking part in soccer, athletics and swimming in Britain from 2008 to 2014.
Overall, there was an upward trend in both parents' spendings on their children's sports and the number of children registering 3 surveyed sports over the period shown. Football was the most popular sport among the three.
Parents spent about 20 pounds per month on their kids' sporting activities in 2008. This amount gradually increased by 4 pounds every two years, and recorded the highest number at 32 pounds in 2014.
Football attracted the largest number of registers with the starting figure at 8 million in 2008. It then underwent a slight growth to 9 million at the end of the period. There was a twofold increase in the quantity of children taking part in swimming, from 2 million in 2008 to 4 million in 2014. Athletics was the least favorite sport in 2008 with only less than 1 million participants, before experiencing a sharp upturn to finish the period at 5 million, approximately 5 times higher than the beginning number.
The given graphs show the data for how much parents monthly finance their children's joining sporting activities and the quantity of boys and girls taking part in soccer, athletics and swimming in Britain from 2008 to 2014.
Overall, there was an upward trend in both parents' spendings on their children's sports and the number of children registering 3 surveyed sports over the period shown. Football was the most popular sport among the three.
Parents spent about 20 pounds per month on their kids' sporting activities in 2008. This amount gradually increased by 4 pounds every two years, and recorded the highest number at 32 pounds in 2014.
Football attracted the largest number of registers with the starting figure at 8 million in 2008. It then underwent a slight growth to 9 million at the end of the period. There was a twofold increase in the quantity of children taking part in swimming, from 2 million in 2008 to 4 million in 2014. Athletics was the least favorite sport in 2008 with only less than 1 million participants, before experiencing a sharp upturn to finish the period at 5 million, approximately 5 times higher than the beginning number.