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 two pie charts illustrate the distribution of

time

that adults spent on various activities in a country in 1958 and 2008.

Overall

, it is apparent that the

time

spent on working, relaxing,

traveling

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to work, and other leisure activities or playing sports has significantly increased,

while

the

time

spent on sleeping and going out with friends or family has decreased. In 1958, work occupied the largest proportion of

time

, accounting for more than one-third of the total

time

.

However

, it increased

further

in 2008, reaching almost half the total

time

. The

time

spent

on

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working, relaxing at home, and

traveling

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constituted only a small fraction, but it increased to 13% and 8%, respectively. The

time

spent on other interests or playing sports observed a minor increase of 2%.

In contrast

, the

time

spent

on

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sleeping constituted a significant proportion of 32%, but it markedly decreased to one-fourth. In comparison, the

time

spent with friends and family decreased considerably from almost 20% to under one-tenth.