The table below shows a survey on the preference of three age groups for different TV programmes in a European country in 2012.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The table illustrates the proportion of people in three age groups (11-15, 15-20 and 21-25) who preferred six different types of TV programmes in a European nation in 2012. Overall, cartoons were the most popular programme among the youngest age group, while news was the top choice for the oldest group surveyed. It is also clear that the popularity of cartoons declined sharply as age increased, whereas the reverse was true for news and TV dramas. To be specific, 29% of 11-15 year olds enjoyed watching cartoons, making this their favourite type of programme, compared to just 4% of 21-25 year olds. By contrast, news programmes grew in popularity with age, rising from only 6% of viewers aged 11-15 to a peak of 23% for those aged 21-25, where it was the most preferred category. Feature films and sports were relatively popular across all three age brackets: sports were favoured by 22% of 11-15 year olds and 21% of 21-25 year olds, while feature films attracted 18-23% of viewers across the groups. Finally, soap operas and TV dramas were less popular overall, with TV dramas being the least watched genre for the two younger groups, at 8% and 10% respectively.