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 chart shows how seniors spent their free time since 1980. It compares different activities these people involved themselves in. It is obvious that Hiking is getting more enjoyable in the periods shown. When considering Television, the percentage has fluctuated over the
last
3 decades. It reached a peak of 70% in 2000.
Then
,it continued to fall slightly reaching 65% in 2010. Before 2000 walking, using the internet enjoying a book
was
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not popular.
While
hiking and reading demonstrated a constantly growing population. Surfing was not interesting as the other 2 modalities. Since the year 2000, walking, Internet and book-enjoying activities have shown a sharp increase allowing hiking to be the most enjoyable free time behaviour with 80% in the year 2010. Reading and surfing ,on the other ,hand were less attractive in the same year with 60% and 50% respectively. Theater had a fluctuating trend between 50% and 40% in the years 1980 and 2010 respectively with a sharp drop in 1990 at 30%.
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