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 chart illustrates how old fold in the US spent their spare time from 1980 to 2010.

Overall

, it is clear from the graph that every category percentage was increased,

while

theatre visiting presented a slight decrease over the period. In 1980, hiking was the second lowest figure at 20% and it rose dramatically to the end of the period reaching a peak point at 80%.

Moreover

, reading with approximately one-third took middle point in 1980 and it steadily grew up to 40% and gradually fell to one-fifth in 2000. After that, it rapidly went up and stayed at 60% in 2010. Watching TV

also

presented a slow uplift and reached its highest point at 70%, following that in 2010 it reached about 65%. For theatre, there was a moderate decline in 1980 and 1990 with a half and 30%, respectively. Next 20 years there was a ceiling trend of approximately 45% in 2010. Same as hiking, Surfing the Internet display slightly grew to just above 10% in 2000 and increased sharply in 2010 and reached exactly half overtaking the theatre percentage.