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.

The line graph illustrates how many senior citizens spent their leisure time in activities from the

year

1980 to the

year

2010 in the United States.

Overall

, Hiking has seen consistent growth compared to other activities

whereas

Reading and Theatre were the most volatile ones. At the beginning of the period, Internet surfing was not popular which was around less than 10%

while

compared to the present time it is the fourth most done

activity

by the elderly folks.

Additionally

, Hiking was the penultimate least-tried

activity

in 1980 at only 20% but in 2010 it was the highly popular

activity

at 80% of senior people. Over the period, watching in theatres has substantially shrank and was the least present-time

activity

.

However

, Watching television reached a peak of 70% in 2000 and relatively depleted to 65% in the

year

2010.

Furthermore

, Reading time was the most volatile

activity

which was one the top three activities in the

year

1980 later in the upcoming years it dropped to the lowest of around 20% in the

year

2000 and from there it took a rapid jump and reached the peak of 60%

at the end

of the period.