The graph below shows how elderly people in the United States spent their free time between 1980 and 2010. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. 23.17

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line graph illustrates information about how seniors in the United States are using their spare time

in

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the

year

1980

till

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2010.

Overall

, it can be seen that reading, hiking, watching tv and surfing the internet experienced an increase in their numbers,

while

theatre considered a downward trend in their rate. In the

1980's

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, hiking started

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20%.

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sharply rose up to a peak of 80% in the final

year

, which contributed to

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the most popular activity in

2010's

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.

Furthermore

, reading comprises 30% of the activities in 1980.

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was 30

percent

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lower than watching tv. Both of the enterprises showed fluctuation in their rate and increase to 60% and 65% in the final

year

.

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the beginning, surfing the internet contributed 5% of the numbers.

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showed

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growth

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15% in the

year

2000. In 2010, it increased to a percentage of 50. Theatre started with 50%, which was the

second

significant project of the elderly people. In ten years, it dropped down to 30%. In the final

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it experienced an increase of 45%, which remained the least favoured hobby.