Table 32
Play experiences X gender
(%)
  Total Boys   Girls
1. Join festivals 74.7 74.1   75.6
2. Cook and make sweets 50.5 35.9 < 66.9
3. Go to game centers 43.5 49.8   36.8
4. Use saws and hammers 41.5 52.9 > 28.3
5. Play outdoors until dark 36.8 44.6 > 27.6
6. Climb trees 34.3 43.0 > 23.8
7. Go to department stores or movie theaters by children themselves 34.0 32.1   35.6
8. Have secret places among children themselves 31.1 35.0   26.1
9. Catch beetles and frogs 24.4 35.1 > 11.9
10. Go out and play with a boyfriend or girlfriend 19.2 14.8 < 24.1
11. Play with mud 17.9 20.9   14.1
12. Make a bonfire 13.9 18.9   7.9
13. Learn games from adults in the neighborhood 12.2 15.9   7.5
percentage answering "many times" or "often"