The chart below shows the percentage of the day working adults spent doing different activities in a particular country in 1958 and in 2008. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

The chart below shows the percentage of the day working adults spent doing different activities in a particular country in 1958 and in 2008.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
The pie charts illustrate information about the
time
which workers spent on several dissimilar activities in a specific country in the
years
of
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1958 and 2008.
Overall
, people spent most of their
time
for
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working in both
years
. When looking in detail, in 2008, 42% of adults'
time
was spent at work, 9% more than that in 1958. Their
time
for relaxing at home was
also
higher than 50
years
ago with 8% to 13%.
In addition
, there was a slight difference between the
years
for other interests or playing sports, it increased
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% to 8%.
On the contrary
, the
time
which
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was spent on travel to work increased more with 6% and reached 8% in 2008. In 1958, labourers spent 7% more
time
for sleeping than 25% in 2008.
As well as
sleeping, the
time
individuals spent going out with their friends and family declined by 3 times with 6% in 2008.
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