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

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1980 to the

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2010 in the United States.

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, Hiking has seen consistent growth compared to other activities

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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%

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compared to the present time it is the fourth most done

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by the elderly folks.

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, Hiking was the penultimate least-tried

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

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

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.

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

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2010.

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, Reading time was the most volatile

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which was one the top three activities in the

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

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

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of the period.