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 above illustrates the five different activities the elderly did in their free time between 1980 and 2010.

Overall

, watching TV is the activity

that is

the most enjoyed,

however

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was

over taken

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by hiking in the

mid 2000's

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.

On the other hand

, surfing the internet has always been

the

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least favorite

past time

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pastime

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. Over the

30

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last 30

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years watching TV has been enjoyed by the majority of the elderly population.

This

was the highest figure in the

1980's

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1980s

at 60, with a slight increase to 70 in 2000 followed by a small decline to 65 in 2010. The theatre was the next most favored leisure practice in 1980 (50)

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but experienced a small decrease to 30 in 1990 before stopping at 45% in 2010. Hiking had the most exponential rise, the figures being respectively 20 in 1980 and 80 in 2010.

This

was the largest increase out of all the five hobbies. Reading had many fluctuations, in the

1980's

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1980s

it started at 30, and

then

had a small rise to 40, before a sharp drop to 20 and

then

a large climb to 60. Surfing the internet has always been the lowest chosen hobby. The numbers grew from 0 to 15 in the

2000's

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2000s

with a final statistic of 50%.