The Table below shows the
results of a survey that asked 6800 Scottish adults (aged 16 years and over)
whether they had taken part in different cultural activities in the past 12
months.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
Write at
least 150 words.
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Participation in cultural activities, by age
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16-24
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25-44
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45-74
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All aged 16 and over
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%
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%
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%
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%
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Any performance*
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35
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22
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17
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22
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Undertaking any crafts
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11
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17
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22
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19
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Cultural purchases
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11
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17
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18
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16
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Any visual arts
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30
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16
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11
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15
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Any writing
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17
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6
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5
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7
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Computer based
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10
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9
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5
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6
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* Dancing, singing, playing musical instruments and acting
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The given table depicts the age wise details of participation by
6800 Scottish adults in an array of cultural activities.
The table shows that most of participants
aged between 16-24 took part in any performance (35%) - dancing, singing,
playing musical instruments and acting –; while least number of people participated
in computer based activities (10%).
Similarly, most participants in
25-44 age group took part in any performance (22%), whereas only 6% went for
any writing activity.
Most of people aged with
45-74 years participated in Undertaking any crafts while only 5% went for any
writing and computer based activities each.
In an overall, all
participants aged 16 and above took part in any performance (22%) while least
number of people participated in computer based activities (6%).
To sum up the assessment,
most of the participants seemed to be more inclined to any activity – closely followed
by undertaking any crafts; cultural purchases; any visual arts; any writing,
whilst least number of participants seemed inclined to computer based
activities.
