The chart below shows the participation of young people in some leisure activities by gender in the US in 2013.

The bar chart illustrates the involvement of young people in certain gender-based activities in the US in 2013. As can be seen from the chart, women appeared to be most engaged in shopping, whereas men were most interested in playing computer games. Furthermore, reading was the one activity that had the fewest participants. It is noticeable that young males watching TV accounted for a significant proportion of around 64% which was twice as high as the figure for women participating in this activity. Boys enjoyed playing computer games stood at a little above 80%, while the girls' figure was significantly lower, at a modest 2%. Male going to the gym stood a little over 40%, which was around 3% higher than females. On the other hand, the participation in the remaining free time activities was higher for the female gender in the US. Approximately 75% was the figure on shopping for women, whilst the rate of the boys was about 50% lower. As for listening to music, girls and boys stood respectively 25% and roughly 28%. Meanwhile, going out with friends) was equally popular among young men and women, with slightly more or less than 70% of participants. However, only a quarter of respondents listened to music in their leisure time, while there were few people who chose reading as a pastime activity (under 10%).