The charts below show the percentage of time working adults spent on different activities in a particular country in 1958 and 2008. Summarize the information by selecting reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The charts illustrate how working adults allocated their
time
for different activities in a country in 1958 and 2008.
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, working adults spent the majority of their Linking Words
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working, Use synonyms
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travelling to work and going out took up the least Linking Words
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in 1958 and 2008, respectively. Use synonyms
Furthermore
, Linking Words
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the Linking Words
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spent relaxing, sleeping, and going out decreased, the opposite was true for the other activities.
In 1958, working occupied almost a third of the day (33%), Use synonyms
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sleeping accounted for slightly less Linking Words
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(32%). At that Use synonyms
time
, socializing with friends and family made up 19% of the total Use synonyms
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. Only 16% of the Use synonyms
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was devoted to the remaining activities, including commuting to work, relaxing at home, and pursuing other interests or playing sports.
50 years later, the Use synonyms
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spent working rose by 9%, Use synonyms
whereas
that spent sleeping fell by 7%. Linking Words
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travel Linking Words
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to work experienced a fourfold increase to 8%, the Use synonyms
amount
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allocated to going out has significantly dropped to 6%. The Use synonyms
amount
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spent unwinding at home and engaging in sports or other hobbies went up by 5% and 2%, respectively.Use synonyms
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