the pie charts show The percentage of the working day adults spend doing difference activities in a country in 1958 and 2008.
the pie charts illustrate the proportion of working day adults spent on different tasks in a particular country in the years 1958 and 2008.
overall
, sleeping accounted for the biggest percentage of the total daily working of adults in 1958, while
the figure for working head the list in 2008. in contrast
, the number of days spent on travelling and others category in both surveyed years was the lowest.
to begin
with, in 1958, relaxing at home made up 8% of the average adult's working cycle in comparison with 13% in 2008. additionally
,the 1958 people spent 2% of their 24 hours travelling to work, which was 3 times lower than that in the next 50 years. the number of days working in this
country recorded a significant increase, from 33% to 42%.
by contrast
, the daily percentage spent on ''others'' figure was the same in both periods, reaching 6%, whereas
the category of going out recorded a dramatic drop during the given period, decreasing by 13% to 6%. moreover
, the 1958 and 2008 adults spending their working days sleeping reached 32% and 25%, respectively.Submitted by bobong120906 on
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