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.

This

graph shows the kinds of

activities

done by old people in their spare time, covering a period from the 1980s to now in the United States. We can see that

generally

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the

activities

listed have been increasing in

popularity

amongst the elderly, with hiking increasing steadily throughout the years, and watching TV being the most popular

overall

. In the 1980s, nearly all

activities

were growing in

popularity

. The only activity which was becoming less popular over these years was going to the

theatre

. Going to the

theatre

declined steeply from 50% to 30%.

This

changed in the 1990s, and going to the

theatre

became more popular,

whereas

reading saw a dramatic drop in

popularity

. The number of people doing all other

activities

increased.

This

century, hiking, reading, going to the

theatre

and surfing the Internet have all been increasing in

popularity

.

However

, watching TV has been decreasing in

popularity

. Despite

this

, watching TV is still the

second

most popular activity nowadays amongst

this

group. Most elderly people are hiking nowadays in their spare time.