the graph below shows how elderly people in united states spent their free time between 1980 and 2010

The graph gives illustrates the trend which elderly Americans in four categories ( reading, thinking,theatre ,watching

tv

and surfing the

internet

) in their free time during 3 decades (1980 to 2010).

Overall

, thinking, reading,watching

tv

and surfing the

internet

were

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uptrend after 30 years (from the 1980s to 2010s).

Although

, there was a fall in the amount of choosing Theatre of people in the US at the same time. With regards to graphs, reading , watching

TV

and surfing the

internet

which fluctuates in trending . It can be seen that reading slightly increased reaching around 15% in the 2000s . After the 2000s , there was a dramatic rise in reading and reaching the top at 40% in the 2010s. From the 1980s to the 2000s , the number of watching

tv

gradually go up by 10% (from 60% to 70%).

Then

it drops slowly in the next ten years reaching over 60%.Surfing the

internet

fluctuate from the 1980s to the 2000s , it increase slightly by 10% in the first decade

then

it rapidly declined to reach the bottom at 20% in the 2000s after that it grew quickly and reached 60% in the 2010s. In the period the 1980s to 1990s, there go down strongly reaching 30% in the 1990s

then

it gradually go up to nearly 45% 20 years later.There was a dramatic rocket of hiking . it increased 4 times between the 1980s and 2000s