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.

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.
The illustration below on how
senior
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in the united states of America
was
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able to use their
vacant
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time
during
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the 1980’s
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1980
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to
2010
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. The relevance of
this
data is to provide a clearer understanding of how
elderly
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used their available time in maintaining their physiological, psychological,
social
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and social
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life balance, where
in
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whole
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being must be
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cared
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of. Watching TV during the early years is very common
where
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every individual just stays at home,
relax
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while
eating popcorn rather than going outside and
spend
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some money for the ride and theatre fee. Just
a
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good weather and a pair of shoes can help in maintaining good health for that individual who wanted to pursue hiking as part of their daily routine and exercise. As
the
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time goes by, hiking has been
the
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major activity
by
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the elderly that constantly increased until 2020.
On the other hand
, reading is one of the past times since Surfing the internet during
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the 1980’s
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1980
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is not that applicable, it is
frequently
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, and
individual
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individually
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engaged to use during
2000
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’s
where
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reading decreased by 20%.

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