Many women are choosing to have children later in life. Why is this? Do the advantages outweigh the disadvantages?

The diagrams illustrate information about the period spent by grown-ups on six activities between 1958 and 2008 in a certain state.

Overall

, it is clear from the charts that in both years a majority of adults spent most of their time working

while

a few travelled to

work

.

To begin

with, in 1958, a high

number

of people spent most of their period at

work

( 33%),

while

a percentage lower (32%) decided to use theirs on sleep. During the same year, a minor

number

of individuals used their time for going to

work

and others played sports with 2% and 6% respectively. Coming to half a century later, those spending their period working still dominated and even increased in figures by almost 10% from 33% to 42%.

However

, the

number

of sleepers and those going out reduced

while

that of adults spending time relaxing at home increased from (8% to13 ) and the interest in playing sports

also

went up by 2 per cent (from 6% to 8%). The

number

of those travelling to

work

also

rose by 6% from 2% to 8%.