Written by Quang Sang - Band 8.0
Written by Quang Sang - Band 8.0
groups watching
two types of TV shows.
Overall, Australian women watch reality shows more than men, while game shows are favored almost equally
by both genders. In addition, the percentages of both TV shows watched by people aged 45 and over are the
highest.
Looking at the figures by gender, women watching reality shows accounted for 70%, while the figure for men
was half of that. In addition, the proportions of game shows watched by both genders were nearly the same,
at approximately 60%.
Turning to the age groups, the percentages of both TV shows watched by the youngest group were the same,
at 50%. The age groups 25 to 34 and 35 to 44 watching reality shows made up 60% and 65%, respectively,
while the figures for game shows were lower, accounting for 38% of people aged 25 to 34 and 42% of those
aged 35 to 44. In addition, the proportions of the oldest group watching each type of TV show were the same,
at about 70%.
The stacked bar charts show how much time children of various age groups spend with their
parents.
The initial impression from the charts is that whilst children spend more time with both parents at
weekends, mothers allocate more time for child-rearing during weekdays. It can also be seen
across the two charts that fathers () generally spent the least time with their children.
During weekdays, babies aged from 0 to 1 years spent the least amount of time (2 hours) with the
fathers, the most time with the mothers (roughly 5.8 hours), and around 1.2 hours with
both. Similar pictures are evident in the remaining age groups; around 1.5-2 hours are spent with
the fathers, approximately 6 hours with the mothers, and 1-2 hours with both.
Utah has the highest percentage of young individuals under the age of 18 (28%) followed by
California (17%) and Florida (16%). It is interesting to notice that Florida, which has the lowest
percentage of persons under the age of 18, has the largest percentage of people aged 60 and
older (23 percent), while Utah has the lowest rate (about one-third that of Florida for the same
age group).
Despite having the greatest average annual income per person ($23,000) of the three states, 16
percent of California inhabitants are poor. In comparison, only 9% of Utah residents live in
poverty, despite the fact that the state’s average emolument is barely $17,000.