The pie charts below show the percentage of time working adults spent on different activities in a particular country in 1958 and 2008. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant

The chart given illustrates the proportion of

time

spent by mature individuals on various activities from 1958 to 2008.

Overall

, it can clearly be seen that there was a significant increase

of

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working hours.

Similarly

, the same trend

also

happened to the duration of work travel throughout the years.

As a result

of

this

, sleeping hours and family outings experienced a moderate decrease. Despite

this

, people were able to spend a higher percentage of their

time

relaxing at home. In terms of activities that required the most

time

of adults, working and sleeping had become the priority since 1958. Stood at 33%, the amount of working hours climbed to 42% in the following 50 years.

This

can't be said the same for sleeping, though, as they fell moderately by 7% in 2008. Regarding activities with a lower proportion, going out with friends and family experienced a massive fall of 13% in the span of 25 years.

In contrast

to

this

, work travel duration rose reasonably to 8%

at the end

of the period.

However

, it seems that individuals are becoming more self-focused, proven by the growing number of

time

spent

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hobbies and relaxation at home.