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.

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chart illustrates the variety of pastime activities, which retired people from the United States enjoyed doing from 1980 to 2010.

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we can see that the number of elderly individuals, who enjoy hiking was growing all the time and know it is the most popular way to spend

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time among those people. We can connect

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tendency with the desire of senior humans to be healthy and to keep fit.

Also

, we can see watching TV

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high

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position on

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graph, approximately 65

percent

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of retired citizens

prefers

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it to any other activities.

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, reading and surfing the internet

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now almost

on

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the same

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.

However

, the situation with reading between 1980 and 2000 was completely different.

This

activity was gaining popularity from 1980 to 1990, but for some

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the situation changed right after 1990 and the number of people, who enjoyed books was low.

Then

, in 2000 it started rapidly growing and

this

tendency is continuing now. Actually, we can see, that theatre, which was one of the most beloved activities in 1980, now is the least common.