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The time graph illustrates the free hours expend by elderly people on five different activities in the specific country United States from 1980 to 2010.
Overall, the hiking activities had rocketed in comparison to other pastime. Moreover, reading had seen quite ups and downs over the period given.
As from the chart it is lucid that between 1980s to 2010, the hiking activity rose considerably from a fifth to four fifth. While surfing the internet stood at approximately 5% in 1980s and there was a marginal growth just above one in ten by the end of century. By the start of the 2000s it surged significantly and reached half by the end of 2010s. On the contrary watching television remained roughly around three fifth at the start of 1980s until the end of 2010s, while there was a peak observed around 2000s to less than 3 quarters. The theatre dipped over the given timeframe from half to 30 percent in a decade, then there was a slight increase till end of the next decennium around 40% and remained just above it by the end of 2010s. Moreover, the reading which stood exactly at 30% in 1980s climbed to two fifth in next ten years than slipped back to one fifth in 2000s, then over the next decade soared dramatically to more than half.
Lastly, we can conclude that all the activities remained approximately between 45 percent to four fifth by the end of 2010.
