Children's arts activities in England by gender 2020

Reading and writing activities were the most popular arts activities outside of school for both boys and girls in England. According to the survey, 78.9 percent of boys and 83.7 percent of girls had taken participated in reading and/or writing in the 12 months prior to being surveyed. Film and video activities were also popular for around 70 percent of young boys.

Share of children aged 5 to 10 participating in the arts in England in 2019/20, by activity and gender

Characteristic	Boys	Girls
Reading and writing activities	78.9%	83.7%
Film or video activities	70%	67.4%
Arts and crafts activities	65.1%	76%
Taken part in or been to street arts, circus, festival or carnival events	39.4%	41.8%
Music activities	32.8%	37.8%
Theatre and drama activities	22.5%	29.3%
Practised or rehearsed a muscial instrument	15.3%	14.5%
Dance activities	10.2%	40%
Other media activities*	9.8%	10.9%
Played a musical instrument to an audience	4.7%	7%

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Release date

September 2020

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Region

United Kingdom (England)

Survey time period

April 2019 to March 2020

Number of respondents

834**

Age group

5-10 years

Method of interview

Face-to-face interview

Supplementary notes

Data refers to out of school activities only.
* Other media activities includes computer based activities (made, revised or wrote their own blog, website or podcast; made or revised their own computer game; or used a computer to create original artworks or animation), and radio activities (such as made radio broadcasts or programmes).
** boys n = 434; n girls = 399.
This statistic using original data from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport and includes copyright material licensed under © Crown, the Open Government License v3.0

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