The table below shows the percentage of adults in urban and rural areas who took part in four free time activities in 1990 and 2010. Summarize the information and compare where relevant, by selecting and reporting the key features.

The table below shows the percentage of adults in urban and rural areas who took part in four free time activities in 1990 and 2010. Summarize the information and compare where relevant, by selecting and reporting the key features.
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The table provides information from a survey among adults in the countryside and cities about their leisure in 1990 and 2010. Four activities
such
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as reading, animated play, playing and photography were introduced. In 1990 all the activities were more popular in rural
areas
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. There have been little changes for 20 years, but still, villagers are involved more in most of the hobbies.
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, people show huge interest in photography, which went up by 10% in both zones.
However
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, amount of readers increased from 61% and 71% to 78% and 78% for people in urban and rural
areas
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respectively. Amount of people participating in playing decreased from 21% to 14% in cities
while
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stayed the same in rural
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at 26%. In unpopulated
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animated play in 2010 became 4% less popular compared to 18% in 1990,
on the other hand
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in urban
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nothing changed.
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