The pie charts below show the percentage of time working adults spent on different activities in a particular country in 1958 and 2008. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant

The pie charts provide data on the proportion of

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spent on different activities by

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in one country in two various years.

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, in 1958

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spent most of their

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sleeping and working with similar figures and

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did not change in 2008

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the ratio between them increased. In detail,

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spent working by

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was 33% which was the highest percentage followed by the average sleeping proportion of 32%. The third activity was going out having a 19% ratio and the proportions of

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spent relaxing at home, travelling to work

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other interests or playing sports were 8%, 2%, and 6% respectively. In 2008, the proportion of

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spent working and sleeping by elder people still made up the most amount of

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they spent,

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, the

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spent working increased from 33% to 42% making up almost half of their

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the percentage of

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they sleep decreased to 25%. The

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working

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spent commuting to work, relaxing at home and other interests or playing sports grew considerably to 8%, 13%, and 8%,

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the

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they spent with their friends or family going out decreased by more than three times falling to 6%.